"Paul J. Adam" wrote in message
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In message , Kevin Brooks
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"Paul J. Adam" wrote in message
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Others (Ed particularly but others too) will have better information,
but falling back on "Clashes" there was a SIGINT centre called
'Teaball'
which did just this: the trouble was getting its messages relayed
through often-flaky radio links and acted upon in a timely manner.

I thought there was an EC-121 usually performing this kind of work?

Teaball's info was radioed to a relay aircraft, codenamed Luzon (usually
a KC-135), but the radios on Luzon were flaky and prone to interference
and _that_ was the reliability problem.

Also, there was a complex structure of "who controlled what units when"
which varied by mission and depended on "whose radios were working": Red
Crown, Disco, College Eye and Teaball all could be in charge at
different times in a mission.

Sometimes it seems a miracle any of the pilots involved survived.

Based upon a quick perusal, it appears what you are presenting is true, but
not the "whole truth", so to speak. The EC-121's apparently were indeed
performing at least some of the same kind work in support of the
inbound/outbound fighters--FAS mentions that the EC's of the 193rd TEWS
(PaANG) apparently did also have some interception gear onboard, and another
source indicates linguists were indeed included in the crew loads when the
EC's were operating over SEA.

Brooks