US Strategic Command Aircraft Modernization
Iyo US Air Force inoshandisa ina Boeing E-4B Nightwatch ndege dzinoshanda seUS Government Air Traffic Control Center (NEACP).
Vese mauto eAir Force neUS Navy vane zvirongwa zvekuvandudza ndege munzvimbo dzekutonga nyukireya. Iyo US Air Force inoronga kutsiva ngarava yayo ina Boeing E-4B Nigthwatch ndege nepuratifomu yehukuru hwakafanana uye kuita. Iyo US Navy, zvakare, inoda kuita yakagadziridzwa Lockheed Martin C-130J-30, iyo inofanirwa kutsiva ngarava gumi nematanhatu Boeing E-6B Mercury ndege mune ramangwana.
Zvivako zvambotaurwa ndezvine hunyanzvi ndege, zvichibvumira kutaurirana kana pakaitika kuparadzwa kana kubviswa kwenzvimbo dzekuita sarudzo dzepasi dzeUS. Vanofanirwa kubvumidza zviremera zvehurumende - mutungamiri kana nhengo dzehurumende yeUS (NCA - National Command Authority) kuti vararame - panguva yekurwisana kwenyukireya. Kutenda kumapuratifomu ese ari maviri, zviremera zveUS zvinogona kupa mirairo yakakodzera yezvombo zvinokandwa zviri mumigodhi yepasi pevhu, mabhomba ane hunyanzvi ane zvombo zvenyukireya uye ngarava dzepasi pemvura.
Operations "Kuburikidza neGirazi Inotaridzika" uye "Night Watch"
Muna Kukadzi 1961, iyo Strategic Air Command (SAC) yakatanga Operation Kuburikidza neGirazi Inotaridzika. Chinangwa chayo chaive chekuchengeta ndege dzinobhururuka nendege dzichiita mabasa ekuraira uye nzvimbo yekudzora yemauto enyukireya (ABNKP - Airborne Command Post). Ndege nhanhatu dzeBoeing KC-135A Stratotanker dzinowedzera mafuta dzakasarudzirwa basa iri, rakasarudzwa EC-135A. Pakutanga, dzaingoshanda senhepfenyuro dzeredhiyo dzinobhururuka. Zvisinei, kare muna 1964, 17 EC-135C ndege dzakaiswa mubasa. Aya aive akakosha ABNCP mapuratifomu akashongedzerwa neALCS (Airborne Launch Control System) sisitimu, iyo inobvumira kuvhurwa kure kwemapfuti anopotsera kubva pasi-based launchers. Mumakumi emakore akatevera eCold War, murairo weSAC wakashandisa ndege dzakasiyana-siyana dzeABNCP kuti dziite Operation through the Looking Glass, dzakadai seEC-135P, EC-135G, EC-135H uye EC-135L.
Pakati pe-60s, Pentagon yakatanga kushanda kwakafanana kunonzi Night Watch. Chinangwa chayo chaive chekuchengetedza kugadzirira kurwa kwendege inoshanda senzvimbo dzekutungamira mhepo dzeMutungamiri uye bazi repamusoro renyika (NEACP - National Emergency Airborne Command Post). Kana paine dambudziko, basa ravo raive rekubvisa mutungamiri wenyika nenhengo dzehurumende yeUS. Matangi matatu eKC-135B akagadziridzwa zvinoenderana neEC-135J standard akasarudzwa kuti aite mabasa eNEACP. Mukutanga 70s, chirongwa chakatangwa kutsiva EC-135J ndege nepuratifomu nyowani. Muna Kukadzi 1973, Boeing yakagamuchira kondirakiti yekugovera ndege mbiri dzakagadziridzwa dzeBoeing 747-200B, dzakasarudzwa E-4A. E-Systems yakagamuchira odha yeavionics nemidziyo yekutaurirana. Muna 1973, US Air Force yakatenga mamwe maviri B747-200Bs. Yechina yaive nemichina yemazuva ano, kusanganisira. satellite yekutaurirana antenna yeMILSTAR system uye saka yakagamuchira zita rekuti E-4B. Pakupedzisira, pakasvika Ndira 1985, ese matatu E-4As akakwidziridzwa zvakafanana uye akasarudzwawo E-4B. Sarudzo yeB747-200B sepuratifomu yeNight Watch yakabvumira kusikwa kwehurumende uye nzvimbo dzekutonga dzine huwandu hwepamusoro hwekuzvimirira. E-4B inogona kutora mubhodhi, kuwedzera kune vashandi, vanenge 60 vanhu. Muchiitiko chekukurumidzira, vanhu vanosvika zana nemakumi mashanu vanogona kugariswa mubhodhi. Pamusana pekukwanisa kutora mafuta mumhepo, nguva yekufamba kweE-150B inongogumira chete nekushandiswa kwezvinhu zvinoshandiswa. Vanogona kugara mumhepo pasina kukanganisa kwemazuva akawanda.
Mukutanga kwa2006, pakanga paine chirongwa chekubvisa ese E-4Bs kutanga mukati memakore matatu. Mukutsvaga hafu yekuchengetedza, Air Force yakataurawo kuti muenzaniso mumwe chete unogona kubviswa. Muna 2007, zvirongwa izvi zvakasiiwa uye zvishoma nezvishoma zvemazuva ano zveE-4B zvikepe zvakatanga. Sekureva kweUS Air Force, ndege idzi dzinogona kushandiswa zvakachengeteka kwete kupfuura 2038.
E-4B iri kuwedzerwa mafuta neBoeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker ndege. Iwe unogona kunyatsoona mutsauko wakakosha muhukuru hwezvimiro zvese.
Mission TAKAMO
Mukutanga kwema60, US Navy yakatanga chirongwa chekuunza on-board communications system ine ballistic missile submarines inonzi TACAMO (Take Charge and Move Out). Muna 1962, miedzo yakatanga neKC-130F Hercules kuwedzera mafuta ndege. Iyo inoshongedzerwa ine yakaderera frequency (VLF) radio frequency transmitter uye antenna tambo inosunungura panguva yekubhururuka uye inogumira muhuremu hwakaita sekoni. Zvakabva zvatemerwa kuti kuti uwane simba rakakwana uye rekufambisa renji, tambo inofanirwa kunge inosvika 8 km kureba uye kudhonzwa nendege munzvimbo yakada kumira. Nekune rumwe rutivi, ndege yacho inofanira kuita inenge ichitenderera ichibhururuka. Muna 1966, ina Hercules C-130Gs yakagadziridzwa nokuda kwebasa reTACAMO uye yakasarudzwa EC-130G. Zvisinei, iyi yakanga iri mhinduro yechinguvana. Muna 1969, gumi nemaviri EC-12Qs yeTACAMO mishoni yakatanga kupinda sevhisi. ina EC-130Gs zvakare yakagadziridzwa kuti isangane neEC-130Q standard.
