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EC-130Q-LM, 156165 seen at AMARC in May 1992. I was unable to tell if this was a VQ-3 or VQ-4 aircraft, since the EC/Q's never carried any unit markings.

Note all of the graffitti left from the TACAMO crews honoring the aircraft for their retirement after the type's replacement by the Boeing E-6A.

TACAMO was an acronym for "Take Charge and Move Out" and were tasked with communication with the Ballistic Missile Submarine fleet for transmitting EWO commands in case of nuclear war.
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~BigBadMatt Feb 5, 2012
Is that Pacman trying to eat the NAVY script on the side?
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~F16CrewChief Feb 7, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Looks that way!
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~SwiftFlyer Feb 5, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
A friend of mine helped develop the electronics for the TACAMO. He has told me some interesting stories about some of the trials in the aircraft. If only I could remember some of them.
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~F16CrewChief Feb 5, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
It is an interesting aircraft and mission. Since my first assignment was with nuclear weapons, I have always been interested in the nuclear mission.
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~SwiftFlyer Feb 5, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
My friend worked for Calspan/Cornell. He also invented the first 'Skadi' avalanche beacon. [link]
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~F16CrewChief Feb 5, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Interesting. Did you see my photo of the Calspan NC-131 I posted a while back? The also had a T-33 with an F-94A/B nose grafted on it.
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~SwiftFlyer Feb 5, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
I did.
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~F16CrewChief Feb 5, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
OK
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~Popsjr84 Feb 5, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
That's pretty cool, i've never seen electronic equip on the wing tip, even the new EC's don't do that.
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~F16CrewChief Feb 5, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
[link] is a pic I shot at Luke AFB when these acft were still active. They were specialized comm acft and carries a sevearl hundred foot ULF antenna that was spooled out from the empannage and towed behind the acft for comm w/ subs. You can see two of them in this pic, they look like funnels coming out of the cargo door and beaver tail.
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