EMERGENCY ROCKET COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
HOME OF THE 32nd COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON
SCRIBNER AB
HOOPER, NEBRASKA
1st AEROSPACE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
OFFUTT AFB
ON 11 JULY 1963 SAC ACCEPTED AND DECLARED OPERATIONAL THREE BLUE SCOUT JUNIOR LAUNCH SITES AT WISNER, WEST POINT AND TEKAMAH, NEBRASKA. THESE ROCKETS CARRIED A UHF RECORDER WITH A PRERECORDED MESSAGE TO BE TRANSMITTED TO ALL UNITS WITHIN LINE OF SITE OF THE APOGEE OF THE ROCKET'S FLIGHT. THIS WAS ANOTHER METHOD FOR ENSURING RELIABLE COMMAND CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS.
MINUTEMAN EMERGENCY ROCKET COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM REPLACED BLUE SCOUT JUNIOR
ON 10 OCTOBER 1967 THE FIRST EMERGENCY ROCKET COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (ERCS) INSTALLED ON A MINUTEMAN II ICBM WAS OPERATIONAL AT WHITEMAN AFB, MISSOURI. ON 1 DECEMBER 1967, THE BLUE SCOUT JUNIOR (ERCS) SITES IN NEBRASKA WERE INACTIVATED
WEST POINT, NEBRASKA
SITE A-2
ROCKET ERECTOR-LAUNCHER
ROCKET ERECTOR-LAUNCHER
ROCKET ERECTOR-LAUNCHER
THESE BLUE SCOUT JUNIOR 279L PHOTOS TAKEN AT
SITE A-1
WISNER, NEBRASKA
PHOTOS TAKEN AUGUST 1965
NOTE: GUARD SHACK ON MAN MADE HILL
LAUNCH CONTROL VAN IN BACKGROUND
NOTE: SUPPORT TRAILER IN WHITE
PHOTO TAKEN FROM GUARD SHACK OVERLOOKING LAUNCH CONTROL VAN AND SUPPORT TRAILER
NOTE: MAIN GATE IN BACKGROUND
LAUNCH CONTROL VAN
CLOSE UP OF LAUNCH CONTROL VAN AND SUPPORT TRAILER
PHOTOS TAKEN MAY 1966
OVERLOOKING ROCKET ERECTOR-LAUNCHER
ROCKET ERECTOR-LAUNCHER
THIS MISSILE WAS IN STORAGE FROM 1964-1966
DURING THE 279L PROGRAM
PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE SAC MUSEUM IN JUNE 1970
THIS PHOTO TAKEN JUNE 1978
MANY THANKS TO PHIL MOORE FOR THESE VERY INFORMATIVE PHOTOGRAPHS