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Info - NIGHTWATCH Activity NIGHTWATCH is generally considered to be the name of the program/mission/network involving the TACAMOs, NOAC and ground based C3 stations in support of the Strategic forces of the United States. It is part of their overall purpose to provide the United States with the capability to strike back in the event of nuclear war, even after being struck first, and otherwise command forces in the event of a national emergency. The E-6B TACAMO (TAke Charge And Move Out) aircraft fly paths over the continental United States in constant(or, mostly constant) contact with GEPs (Ground Entry Points) in UHF Wideband FM mode to provide secure and unsecure links to high level individuals and to receive and disseminate information to US Strategic forces, in the form of EAMs (Emergency Action Messages). Recently they have picked up the Looking Glass mission. The E-4B NAOC (National Airborne Operations Center) aircraft will transport the President when faced with a national emergency, not necessarily nuclear related. It operates as a command, control and communications center and as a safe haven in the air. These are not often heard on HF presumably since they have other more secure means of communication available to them, although operators on TACAMO aircraft have refered to them, pronouncing rather than spelling the acronym NAOC as "nay-ock". The GEPs (Ground Entry Points) are their WBFM, multiple sub-channel links to commercial and DSN phone circuits on the ground. These aircraft and stations are most often heard as rather colorful single word or short 2 word phrase callsigns. KINGCRAB, CELEBRITY, CUTIE, and ACIDROCK are but a few examples. These are my favorite catches on HF, their callsigns are as interesting as their mission. Below is a list of ones myself and others have heard - some are the E-6B's, some might even be an E-4B, and still others are aliases for GEPs. Hopefully with some help we can get this list as big as it really should be! ABERDEEN ABANDON ABSENTLY ABSORBANT ABSTAINER ACCOMPANY ACCORDIAN ACIDROCK ACTIVATE ADVOCATE AGREEABLE AGRIO ALABASTER ALAPHBET ALIBABA ALLCORN AMBITION AMPS ANDYGUMP ANIMATION ANTBITE ANTHOUSE APERTURE APPLICANT APPOINTEE ARCHIBOLD AREACODE ARISE ARMREST ARROWFEATHER ARTBOOK ARTSHOW ASPENAIR ASTROJET AUDIENCE AUDIOKIT AUSTERITY AUTOBUS AUTOGRAPH AUXILIARY AVAILABLE AVERSION AXEKNIFE AZTECART BACKBENCH BACKHAND BACKMOSS BACKPACK BADBLOOD BADGIRL BAGFEED BALLBAT BALLPARK BANDO BARK BARRAIL BASEPAY BASSBOAT BASSDRUM BATHROOM BEANPOLE BEARTRAP BEDCAMP BEFRIEND BELLYFLOP BELTLOOP BENHOGAN BESTMAN BEVO BEVY BIGBERRY BIGBURLY BIGNINES BIGPLAY BIGSEED BIGTIME BIKERACE BILLYBOY BINGO BIRDSONG BIRDSEYE BIRTHDAY BLACKEYE BLACKTAR BLIND BLITZ BLOB BLUECHIP BLUEGILL BOATOAR BOOTJACK BOWIE BOWTIE BOYSCLUB BRAGGART BRAKEROD BRIMSTONE BROWBEAT BROWNRAT BUDVASE BUGLEBOY BUNK BUNT BURNPOT BURNSIDE BUSYMAN BUTTERNUT CAMAS   CAMERAMAN CAMPOUT CANNO CAPACITY CARCABLE CARCOAT CARDINAL CARPENTER CARPETBAG CARSUIT CATTLEMAN CEASARSPALACE CELEBRITY CHAFF CHANDLER CHANNING CHIPSHOT CHOCOLATE CHURCHMAN CINERAMA CLASSROOM CLAYBANK CLERICAL CLIMATIC COALOIL COGNIZANT COLLAPSE COMEDIAN COMMENCE CONCRETE CORKWOOD CORNCRIB CORNMEAL CORNSTALK CORRUGATE COSMO COTTERPIN COURTNEY CREDIBLE CROMWELL CROOP CROWBAR CRUDE CRUPA CUBBEAR CUDGE CUECARD CUESTICK CUTIE CULTIVATE CURDY DAREDEVIL DARTBOARD DAYLIGHT DEADBALL DEATHBLOW DECEPTIVE DECISION DEEPCUT DEEPWELL DEERHORN DEERMEAT DEMBY DEPENDENT DESCRIBE DIALOGUE DIGNIFIED DIPLOMAT DIRK DISPENSE DITTYBAG DIVINITY DIVISION DOGPOUND DOLLY DOOLITTLE DOORPLATE DOPEY DORSEY DOWNTOWN DRAGRACE DRUG DRYCELL DRYER DRYSDALE DUCKCALL DUEY DUTCHBOX EDGEWOOD EGGWHITE ELDORADO ELEGANCE ELOPEMENT EMPHESIS EMPLOYEE ENCOUNTER ENORMITY ESSENTIAL EXCITABLE EXIT EXTRA EXTRADITE EYEGOGGLE FANDANGO FARCE FIREANT FIREBRAT FIREBRICK   FIREDOME FIREFEE FIRELIGHT FIRESHIP FISTFUL FLORA FLUME FLYBALL FLYFISH FOOTWORK FOURSOME FRAMER FRUIT FRUITFUL FULLBACK GAMMARAY GENETICS GEODETIC GIFTSHOP GIRL GLADBAG GODPARENT GOLFBALL GOLFCART GOODWRENCH GRAYMARE GUIDEPOST GUMDROP GUNRACK HAILSTORM HANDMADE HAYFEVER HAYHOOK HEAVYARM HELPMATE HIBERNATE HIGHTIDE HITSONG HOCKSHOP HOLDFAST HOMETEAM HONORABLE HOORAH HORNRACK HORSEFLY HOTHOUSE HUMOROUS HUMPHREY HUSK IBID IMMORTAL IMPURITY INCUBATE INFATUATE INJECTOR INVOLVED IRONAGE IRONFIST IRONHAWK IRONWOOD JACKPLUG JAILBAIT JAILDOOR JARSEAL JAVAJIVE JEWELBOX JUGEM JUNCTURE KAZOO 03 KEYORAMA KINGCRAB KIWIBIRD LADYBIRD LADYFISH LAKE LAMBCHOP LAMPCORD LANDLADY LANDMINE LANDSCAPE LEFTFOOT LEG03 LEGALFEE LEGBOOT LETTERBOX LIFEBOAT LIMERICK LINOTYPE LION LISTERINE LIVEBALL LIVEWIRE LOFTHAY LOGROLL LONEACE LONESOME LONGHAND LONGJOHN LOOPHULA LORDJIM LOSTDIME LOSTSHOE LUNCHBOX MACKINAW MACINTOSH MAGNA MAGNOLIA MAILCALL   MAINROAD MAJORITY MAMABEAR MANFISH MANIFOLD MAPTACK MARIGOLD MATE MAYBERRY MEAL 02 MEATHOOK MEDALLION MEREDITH MESSHALL MIDSTREAM MINE MODERATOR MOLASSES MONALISA MOONCALL MOST 47 MOUSTACHE MUGBEER MULBERRY MYTHOLOGY 04 NARRATION NEONSIGN NETGAIN NETLOSS NEWBOOK NEWHOUSE NEWVILLA NIGHTFALL NIGHTLONG NIGHTOWL NOBLEMAN NOONTIDE NOTEBOOK NOTRUMP NOEVLIST OILPUMP OLIVEARROW ONEPUNCH OPENDOOR ORANGEADE ORGANIZE OUTCAST OUTPLAY OUTREACH OVERFLOW OVERHANG OVERLORD OVERTONE PAGENTRY PAIDOFF PALMLEAF PALOMINO PANSY PARAFIN PARAMOUNT PARKLANE PARKSIDE PASTRAMI PATRIOT PAYLOAD PEDIGREE PEPRALLY PIANOKEY PINHOLDER PIPESTEM PLUSSIGN POCKMARK POLOGAME PRESIDIO PRETENDER PRINCELY PROBALL PROCLAIM PROJECTOR PROLOGUE PRONG PROTOZOA PUBLICIZE PUP 35 PUPILEYE PUREGOLD QUADRANT QUANITY QUARTJAR QUENCHER RACECAR RADFIELD RAFTLOG RAFTSMAN RATEDMAN RAINCOAT RAMSHEAD RANKFILE RAREBIRD RARENESS RAZZ 408 REAFFIRM REASSIGN REBELION RECIPIENT REDFISH REKINDLE REMEDIAL   REINSTATE RELIABLE RENTALCAR RESTRAIN RESURFACE RESURGENT RETALIATE REVEILLE REYNOLDS RICHLADY RIDGEFOX RING RINGBOLT RINGBONE RINGDOVE ROCKAWAY ROMANLAD ROTARIAN ROWBOAT ROYALARK RUCKSACK RUFFNECK RULE RYTHMIC SAFECALL SAGEFIRE SALSA SAMWORTH SANDHILL SATURDAY SCRANTON SCRAPBOOK SCRIPTURE SEIZEABLE SELLOUT SEMESTER SERENADE SHAMROCK SHIPWRECK SINGSONG SKEPTICAL SKYCHIEF SLEDDOG75 SMOKEPOT SMOKESTACK SNOWBALL SNOWSCOOP SOFTCOAL SOMEASSEMBLY SOTO SPACEBAR SPEEDBOAT SPELLMAN SPLENDID SPOTBALL SPYSONG STANDOFF STINKY STUDIOUS STUMPLEG SUCCULENT SULFIDE SULFURIC SUNBURST SUNSPOT SURFSIDE SURGICAL SURPRISE SYMPHONY TABLETOP TABULATE TAILBONE TANGERINE TAXIFARE TELEGRAM TEMPA TENACITY TENEMENT TIGEREYE TINHORN TINSPOT TITANIUM TOMTHUMB TONEDEAF TOPNOTCH TOPRIDER TORTILLIA TRICYCLE TRILLION TRUEFAITH TULLY TYKE TYSON VICTORY VOCALIST WATERHOLE WAVEHEAT WILDBUCK WINEDRINKER WINGSHOT WOODBERRY WOODDUCK WORKOUT WORST ZEROCROWD Thanks to OBK for additional. The USSTRATCOM Command Center transmits nightly test calls on HF, 11175khz, usually around 00:00z and as late as 03:00z. Below is a sample list of the aliases I've heard used. ADVOCATE AMBROSIA AVAILABLE BELLYFLOP BIGBIRD BOMBPROOF BOOTJACK CHECKLIST(?) CORKWOOD DEERRUN ELECTIVE FOLKSONG FORTUNATE LETTERBOX MANDATORY OUTCLASS PIREX(?) REARDOOR RUGBURN SAINTNICK(?) TENACITY TWOTIMER VANDYKE WINTHRUP

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