The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> begins <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Looking_Glass" id="mwARQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Looking Glass">Operation Looking Glass</a>, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" id="mwARU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Strategic Air Command">SAC</a>'s command post.