Comments on: Navy at Travis quietly keeps communications open with subs

By: john santiago

john santiago — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:45:56 +0000

Wow, ths does bring back vivid memories of TACAMO operations and author very knowlegeable of all aspects of mission. Travis Alert Faclity was very isolated. I recall many alert cycles, even at the mentioned Moffett NAS double-wide trailers that we were spending alerts at, prior to that, alerts were spent in hangar spaces at Barbers Pt, ahhh, memories.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:14:01 +0000

Since the subs want to stay undetected and do not want to come to the surface or raise an antenna to the surface they cannot normally use satellites to communicate. The aircraft transmit at low frequencies which are able to penetrate the deep water to get to the subs.

By: JEST

JEST — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:19:58 +0000

Not likely, as satellite comms would be the first to be targeted in any major conflict. That was the whole purpose of having a multi-use platform that could communicate throughout the whole spectrum.

By: rich giddens

rich giddens — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:16:21 +0000

That facility used to be the old SAC alert facility back in the 50′s, 60′s and 70′s. It looks like something out of a Hollywood movie like Fail Safe or Strategic Air Command. I suspect that satellite technology will one day replace the TACAMO mission.