Vital Link by Keith Ferris

Orbiting at 25,000 feet, at minimum airspeed, above the far reaches of the worlds oceans, the Boeing E-6 “TACAMO” aircraft provides the vital communications link between the national command authority and our worldwide nuclear undersea forces. The E-6 serves as the communications relay platform which retransmits secure messages to the submerged submarine forces at sea at very low frequencies, through an antenna reaching nearly to the surface of the ocean.