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Caption:
Cecil Field, Fla. (Apr. 29, 2003) -- An E-6B Mercury is being moved
into a Hanger at the Boeing Aerospace Support Center, Cecil Field Fla.,
to be retrofitted with a new cockpit and an advanced communications
package. The E-6B is a dual-mission aircraft capable of fulfilling
either the E-6A mission or the airborne strategic command post mission
and is equipped with an airborne launch control system (ALCS).
The ALCS is capable of launching U.S. land based intercontinental
ballistic missiles. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)
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