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Strategic Air Command
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Strategic Air Command ( SAC) was a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile components of the United States military's strategic nuclear forces [2] from 1946 to 1992.
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- United States Air Force
- "Strategic Air Command March"
- Gen Curtis LeMay
Strategic Air Command (SAC), U.S. military command that served as the bombardment arm of the U.S. Air Force and as a major part of the nuclear deterrent against the Soviet Union between 1946 and 1992. Headquartered first at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland and then, after November 1948, at Offutt.
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U.S. Strategic Command is one of eleven unified commands under the Department of Defense (DoD). Headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, USSTRATCOM is responsible for strategic deterrence, global strike, and operating the Defense Department's Global Information Grid.
Learn how General Curtis LeMay transformed SAC from a dysfunctional and poorly equipped nuclear force to a powerful and effective deterrent against the Soviet Union. Read about the challenges, controversies and achievements of SAC under LeMay's leadership.
By the early 1960s, SAC’s bomber generals held more than 50 percent of the senior com-mand positions within the Air Force.2 These leaders, largely veterans of the World War II strategic bombing campaigns, collectively believed that the threat of nuclear bombing—as well as, later, the additional risk of a nuclear missile attack—was the way to det...
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Strategic Air Command. The Continental Air Forces, created in December 1944, coordinated the activities of the four numbered air forces (First, Second, Third, and Fourth) in the United States.
Feb 25, 2019 · A declassified SAC checklist reveals how the Strategic Air Command would have launched bombers and missiles in response to Emergency War Orders and Defense Readiness Conditions in 1964. The checklist also shows how SAC trained for launch-on-warning and executed the SIOP plan for nuclear war.
