Talk:Operation Looking Glass

Eyepatch

I read somewhere that the pilot(s) of this aircraft (or it may have been Nightwatch) wore an eyepatch at all times, so that if there were a surprise nuclear airburst anywhere in front of them, they would not be blinded; they would take off the eyepatch and keep flying using the remaining good eye. If anyone can find a reliable source for this it would be a nice flavorful piece of data for the article. Tempshill (talk) 20:04, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I believe this was mentioned in the novel Trinity's_Child. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.105.53.190 (talk) 07:12, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

That's partially true. I flew on Looking Glass for several years-- over 4,000 hours. The eye patch was part of the Emergency War Order (EWO) kit carried by the front end aircrew. At DEFCON 2 or higher, the pilot and co-pilot were required to don their eye patches. Same was true for the Nightwatch crew on E-4B.--DSanders (talk) 08:28, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Word substitution

I'm going to change the word "we" with "US" in the sentence "... since one of its roles would be to direct NORAD forces to retaliate after we have suffered a massive attack.". I think it should sound better, given the en.wikipedia being an international Encyclopedia. Thanks for your attention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.32.222.161 (talk) 19:24, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

NORAD is a command, control, communications, and intelligence (C3I) element of the US Air Force and is one of the three National Military Command Centers, along with the National Military Command Center and USSTRATCOM. NORAD has no nuclear forces to be directed by Looking Glass. The mission of NORAD, in partnership with Canada, is aerospace warning and control for North America. As mentioned above, I flew on Looking Glass for several years.--DSanders (talk) 08:29, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

E-4 and Looking Glass

The article states that there were plans to use the E-4 as Looking Glass (The SAC Airborne Command Post), but the plan was cancelled by Jimmy Carter. It also says they intended to buy more than 4 of the aircraft. I however cannot find a source for this. Google shows nothinng supporting this claim. Neither do Air Force Facts Sheets: http://www.af.mil/information/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=99 . Is there a basis for this claim or is it simple speculation? I suggest that someone either varify or remove this claim in the intrest of accuracy.

The intro, at least, is decent now

I've done a fair bit of editing on the intro. Boundarylayer (talk) 22:22, 7 December 2016 (UTC)