The squadron flies the Boeing E-6B Mercury airborne command post and communications relay aircraft.

It is part of the Navy's TACAMO community, whose mission is to enable the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense to directly communicate with U.S. submarines, bombers, and missile silos during a nuclear war.

Since 1992, it has operated under Navy Strategic Communications Wing 1 at Tinker Air Force Base.

It deploys aircraft to fly operational patrols out of Travis Air Force Base, California.

[citation needed] The TACAMO Community Veterans Association organization has a museum and history kiosk at Kalaeloa Airport, on the site of the former NAS Barbers Point.