The E-6B Mercury enables the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense to directly contact submarines, bombers and missile silos enforcing the country's national security through nuclear deterrence.

The Wing provides a secure communications link designed to for use in the event of nuclear war or other major incident in order to maintain communications between the decision makers comprising the National Command Authority (NCA) and the triad of U.S. strategic nuclear weapon delivery systems, i.e., crewed bombers, land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).

The wing's primary mission is to receive, verify and retransmit Emergency Action Messages (EAMs) to US strategic forces.

The wing also operates alert facilities for E-6B aircraft at Travis AFB, California and Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.

STRATCOMWING ONE's subordinate squadrons include: Previous Commanders: Retired Rear Admiral Margaret D. Klein who served under Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.