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responsible for working closely with the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division ... 1958...17 June The Air Force accepted delivery of the first Titan I ICBM from the Martin Company, formerly the Glenn L Martin Aircraft Company. ... 1959...8 June First SAC launch of a Quail missile. The launch took place over the Eglin Gulf Test Range. ... 1961...4 August Work was completed on all three Titan I ICBM complexes at the 724th Strategic Missile Squadron, Lowry AFB, Colorado, and they were turned over to the Strategic Air Command by the Army Corps of Engineers. ... 1961 ... 7 December Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara canceled the Mobile Minuteman development program. ... 1966 ... 1 July Headquarters SAC organized a special agency, Ballistic Missile Evaluation (BME), to evaluate and make formal reports to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the reliability and capability of the various SAC ICBM weapon systems. ... 1966...3–7 April The Strategic Air Command conducted its first missile combat competition. ... 17 April The first attempted launch of a Minuteman II ICBM by means of the Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) ... 1969 ... 29 July The first flight-test of the SRAM was successful. The missile, launched from a B-52H, flew down the White Sands Missile Range and impacted in the target area. ... 1973 ... 9 January Operational testing and Evaluation (OT&E, nicknamed Bullet Blitz) of the SRAM from B-52 aircraft began at Holloman AFB, New Mexico.

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Operation Rolling Thunder and Operation Linebacker interdiction operations, Linebacker II would be a "maximum effort" bombing campaign to destroy major target complexes in the Hanoi and Haiphong areas which could only be accomplished by SAC B-52D/Gs. It saw the largest heavy bomber strikes launched by the U.S. Air Force since the end of World War II. Linebacker II was a modified extension of the Operation Linebacker bombings conducted from May to October 1972, with the emphasis of the new campaign shifted to attacks by B-52 Stratofortress heavy bombers rather than smaller tactical fighter aircraft. During Linebacker II, a total of 741 B-52D/G sorties were dispatched from bases in Thailand and Guam to bomb North Vietnam and 729 actually completed their missions. Overall SAC losses during Linebacker II numbered fifteen B-52s. The U.S. government claimed that the operation had succeeded in forcing North Vietnam's Politburo to return to the negotiating table, with the

2263: 484: 1403: 1812:, Kansas City, and St. Louis. This use of RBS with simulated target areas utilizing mobile and fixed bomb scoring sites adjacent to major cities, industrial areas, military installations and dedicated bombing ranges throughout the United States. This format would continue through successive SAC Bombing and Navigation Competitions through the remainder of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Commencing in the late 1950s, in addition to representation from every SAC wing with a bombing and/or air refueling mission, later SAC competitions would also include participating bomber and aerial refueling units from the 2805: 1391: 1844: 9783: 103: 1962: 2188: 7888: 7186: 1946: 2226: 87: 2388: 7130: 7118: 7106: 7094: 7082: 7070: 7058: 7046: 10359: 2271: 1417: 6293:. It was the second detachment of the 1CEG to be inactivated in 1968. ... Scoring activity stopped on 15 December, the equipment was moved, and the detachment inactivated on 25 January. The other two reductions were Detachments 3 and 19, 3902nd Support Squadron, at Altus and Homestead AFBs, where Manpower Evaluation Teams were no longer required. ... 100. Det 13, Ellisville, Miss, discontinued 2 Jun 68; Hist SAC, Jan–Jun 68, pp. 14–17. 1672: 1687: 196: 2196: 9601: 324: 53: 7029: 730:, was also established. SAC conducted routine aerial reconnaissance missions near the Soviet borders or near the 12-mile international waters limit, although some missions actually penetrated into Soviet airspace. The flight profiles of these missions—above 30,000 feet and in excess of 300 knots—made interception by Soviet air forces difficult until the Soviet's 1948 introduction of the 6517:, to determine which programs to sacrifice when it became necessary. ... In late July, a special committee devising scenarios for T-Day, the day hostilities in Vietnam ended, posited that, depending on timing assumptions, anywhere between 30,000 troops and a two-division corps (about 60,000 personnel) might have to remain in South Vietnam indefinitely. ... 1616:(FEAF) Bomber Command for combat." In 1951, LeMay convinced the Air Staff to allow SAC to approve nuclear targets, and he continued refusing to submit war plans for JCS review, which the JCS eventually came to accept (of 20,000 candidates in 1960, SAC designated 3,560 as bombing targets—mostly Soviet air defense: airfields and suspected missile sites.) 2305:), Fairchild AFB (Site G (Washington)/Deep Creek AFS), Travis AFB (Site H (California)/Fairfield AFS), and Westover AFB (Site I (Massachusetts)/Stony Brook AFS). These adjunct sites were subsequently converted to USAF-operated and maintained weapon storage areas (WSAs) in the same manner as WSAs on other SAC bases. 1577:(JCS) subsequently identified SAC's primary objective was to damage or destroy the Soviet Union's ability to deliver nuclear weapons. The JCS further defined SAC's secondary objective was to stop any Soviet advances into Western Europe, and its tertiary objective was the previous EWP 1–49 industrial mission. 2498:, South Vietnam to schedule and coordinate "...strikes for the 7th AF and MACV." From a level of 161,921 military and 20,215 civilian assigned to SAC in June 1968, SAC lost 13,698 first term airmen from November 1968 to May 1969 in a three phase drawdown known as Project 693 to comply with Public Law 90-364. 1536:, Ohio. Assessments of these simulated raids by "...LeMay's entire command...were appalling", despite the SAC deputy commander, Major General McMullen, having instructed all bomber units to improve their effectiveness. To motivate crews and improve operational effectiveness command-wide, SAC established 257:(15AF), while SAC headquarters (HQ SAC) included Directorates for Operations & Plans, Intelligence, Command & Control, Maintenance, Training, Communications, and Personnel. At a lower echelon, SAC headquarters divisions included Aircraft Engineering, Missile Concept, and Strategic Communications. 2843:(AFSPC) when the latter was established in 1982. SAC also continued to operate the Air Force's entire KC-135 aerial refueling fleet, its EC-135 LOOKING GLASS and E-4 NEACAP command post aircraft, as well the entire strategic reconnaissance aircraft fleet consisting of the U-2, SR-71, RC-135, and WC-135. 5873:

Although LeMay had designated Deputy Commanders in other theaters (SACX-Ray, Zebra, Victor, Yoke, and Oboe) ... has authority when the National Command Authority is no longer there to push the button." ... SAC released balloons equipped with cameras in Norway, England, and Turkey, and retrieved them

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Strategic Air Command will begin flying missions on 1 Jan. against simulated targets near Greenville, Miss. They will use a low-level entry point near Alto. ... Low level bombing and navigation training has been conducted against fixed sites under the code name "Oil Burner" since November 1959... The

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During the mid-1950s, having recalled numerous World War II USAAF and Korean War USAF combat veteran pilots, navigators, bombardiers and aircrewmen from inactive reserve status back to various lengths of active duty, SAC took the lead in integrating the Air Force's reserve components into the overall

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While missile operations continued to ramp up, robust training for flight crews to ensure survivability for strike missions also continued. In some instances SAC bombers would oppose ADC fighter-interceptors simulating Soviet interceptors. Conversely, SAC assisted ADC readiness by simulating Soviet

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With the Vietnam War draw-down following the Paris Peace Treaty in 1973, reduced defense budgets forced SAC to inactivate several more wings, close still more bases in CONUS and Puerto Rico, transfer still additional bases to other MAJCOMS or the Air Reserve Component, and retire older B-52B, B-52C,

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During the Vietnam War, due to the escalating costs of combat operations in Southeast Asia, SAC was required to close several SAC bases, consolidate other bases, or transfer several bases to other MAJCOMs, other services, or the Air Reserve Component in order to remain within budgetary constraints.

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aerial bombing campaign, conducted against targets in North Vietnam during the final period of US involvement in the Vietnam War. Linebacker II was conducted from 18 to 29 December 1972, leading to several informal names such as "The December Raids" and "The Christmas Bombings". Unlike the previous

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Postwar budget and personnel cuts had an insidious effect on SAC as its Deputy Commander, Major General Clements McMullen, implemented mandated force reductions. This continued to wear down SAC as a command and morale plummeted. As a result, by the end of 1947, only two of SAC's eleven groups were

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Beginning in 1955, SAC also moved a portion of its bomber and aerial refueling aircraft to 24-hour alert status, either on the ground or airborne. By 1960, fully one third of SAC's bombers and aerial refueling aircraft were on 24-hour alert, with those crews and aircraft not already airborne ready

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traded speed for range. Because of this shorter range, and in order to better enable the B-47 fleet to reach its target sets in the Soviet Union, SAC routinely deployed its US-based B-47 wings to overseas forward operating bases in North Africa, Spain and Turkey. This program, in effect from 1957

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Organizations commemorating SAC include the Strategic Air Command Veterans Association, the SAC Society, the B-47 Stratojet Association, the B-52 Stratofortress Association, the FB-111 Association, the SAC Airborne Command Control Association, the Association of Air Force Missileers, the SAC Elite

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ICBMs, as well as the 1992 reorganization of the Air Force that disestablished SAC and dispersed its assets to other new or existing MAJCOMs, primarily ACC and AMC. In addition to closures of Mather AFB and Pease AFB, this would eventually include the following subsequent closure and realignment

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While conventional bombing, air refueling and strategic air reconnaissance operations in Southeast Asia increasingly occupied SAC's operational commitments, SAC's primary mission of nuclear deterrence continued to remain its primary focus. In 1969, "...SAC's B-52s and B-58s could carry B28, B41,

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tankers, transferring them to SAC-gained Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units. As the KC-135 became the primary aerial tanker in active service, SAC employed the aircraft for several non-stop B-52 and KC-135 flights around the world, demonstrating that SAC no longer needed to depend on

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had 24-inch thick walls and base floor, 10-inch thick intermediate floors, and 24-to-42-inch thick roof. It also contained a war room with six 16-foot data display screens and the capacity to sustain up to 800 people underground for two weeks. The below ground bunker portion of the headquarters

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Project "Added Effort", the Air Force nickname for the programmed phaseout of all first-generation ICBMs, began on 1 May 1964 when the first Atlas D's were taken off alert at the 576th Strategic Missile Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, California. ... SAC bubmitted a requirement to the Air Staff on 12

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By 1975, SAC's manned bomber strength included several hundred B-52D, B-52G, B-52H and FB-111A aircraft, and "...SAC's first major exercise in 23 years" was Exercise Global Shield 79. As for the ICBM force, SAC reached a peak strength of 1000 Minuteman II and III and 54 Titan II ICBMs on active

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Creation of the new command was achieved by redesignating Headquarters Continental Air Forces ... 1958...1 January Headquarters SAC established the Office of Assistant CINCSAC (SAC MIKE) at Inglewood, California. This position was designated to serve as an extension of Headquarters SAC and was

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to inspect six SAC bases. Lindbergh spent more than one thousand hours in the air with SAC crews. His September 1948 report cited low standards of professionalism, poor morale, low proficiency, personnel disruptions, and command training policies that "seriously interfered with training in the

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Knaack, Marcelle Size (1988). "Appendix II: Experimental and Prototype Bombers, North American XB-70A". Encyclopedia of U.S. Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems (Report). Vol. II: Post-World War II Bombers 1945–1973. Washington DC: Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force.

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in 1963. The B-70's demise came due to its design as a high-altitude bomber with very limited low-altitude performance, making it vulnerable to rapid advances in Soviet high altitude surface-to-air missile defense systems. The following year, Skybolt, an air-launched ballistic missile, was

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threats, SAC began adding low-altitude bombing training for its manned bomber force as an adjunct to its legacy high-altitude training. Use of low level flight route corridors known as "Oil Burner" routes (later renamed "Olive Branch" routes in the 1970s), and the first of three SAC

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It was described as the "Western Pentagon," specifically a, "...four-story, reinforced concrete and masonry office building..." above ground and a "...segregated, adjacent three-story below ground command post." This was the description of what would become Building 500 at

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was that used for the USAF program document, PD-70-3: the contiguous states... cuts were directed by USAF...to keep assignments within the strength and man-year ceilings established by the ... Secretary of Defense ... The overall reduction, directed by USAF, was known as

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February 1959 calling for the first mobile Minuteman unit to be operational no later than January 1973....tests to be conducted, nicknamed "Operation Big Star." ... The Mobile Minuteman concept, Operation Big Star, test train rolls through the mountains of Utah in 1960.

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To help meet the threat of the Soviet-built MiG–15 fighter in Korea, the USAF diverted Strategic Air Command's 27th FEW with its F–84 Thunderjets to the Far East instead of sending it as planned to England. In early December 1950, the wing established a rear echelon at

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to take off from designated alert sites at their respective bases within fifteen minutes. Bomber aircraft on ground alert were armed with nuclear weapons while aerial tanker aircraft were sufficiently fueled to provide maximum combat fuel offload to the bombers.

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In terms of overall Air Force basing and infrastructure, SAC continued to acquire an ever-increasing share of USAF infrastructure and the USAF associated budget. In 1947, before the USAF was established as an independent service, construction commenced on

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computer, which was used to develop monthly weather forecasts at targets, as well as for computing fuel consumption and fallout cloud patterns for planning strike routes and egress routes (e.g., determining the timing as to which targets to bomb first).

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in northern Japan. By the time of 27 July 1953 Korean War cease-fire, SAC B-29s had flown over 21,000 sorties and dropped nearly 167,000 tons of bombs, with thirty-four B-29s lost in combat and forty-eight B-29s were lost to damage or crashes.

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cancelled following numerous test failures and the perceived greater reliability of land-based and submarine-based ballistic missile systems. Although initially entering service in 1957, SAC's 2nd-generation aerial refueling aircraft, the

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ICBM, the last example of which was deactivated in May 1987. An additional underground "16,000 square-foot, two-story reinforced concrete" command post for HQ SAC was also constructed at Offutt AFB from 1986 to 1989 from a design by

1907:, The Notch was built with three-foot thick walls, 1.5 foot thick steel blast doors, and 20 feet underground to protect 350 people for 35 days. The Notch was shut down as a SAC facility in 1970 when 8th Air Force was relocated to 5980: 738:, the Cold War's first Top Secret reconnaissance effort, used the first RB-29 missions for mapping and visual reconnaissance in the Arctic and along the northern Soviet coast. Later missions were Project LEOPARD along the 4689:-based program transferred to Strategic Air Command in early 1947 ... flight engineer rating successfully complet flying training in SAC February 1947, and within several months ATC transferred the B-29s to SAC. ... 2862:

reversed the 1977 Carter administration decision regarding the B-1, directing that 100 examples of a refined version of the aircraft, now designated the B-1B Lancer, be procured as a long-range combat aircraft for SAC.

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for the bomber and tanker force. Although ostensibly a peacetime mission, Chrome Dome placed heavy demands on flight crews and five B-52 aircraft were lost to airborne mishaps during the operation's eight-year period.

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Buss, L. H. (Director) (1 November 1959). North American Air Defense Command and Continental Air Defense Command Historical Summary: January–June 1959 (Report). Directorate of Command History: Office of Information

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SAC transferred to the United States Air Force on 26 September 1947, concurrent with the latter's establishment as a separate military service. Units directly under SAC HQ included the 8AF and 15AF, as well as the

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Following the establishment of the U.S. Air Force, most SAC installations on U.S. territory were renamed as "Air Force Base" during late 1947 and into 1948, while non-U.S. installations were renamed as "Air Base".

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With the activation of the 8th Air Force the demand for radar bomb scoring training increased greatly. The 263rd was relieved from assignment to 15th Air Force and assigned directly to Headquarters Strategic Air

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By early 1973, offensive SAC air operations in Southeast Asia ceased and numerous SAC aircrewmen who had been shot down and captured as prisoners of war by North Vietnam were repatriated to the United States.

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The 31 May 1992 major reorganization of the USAF organizational structure subsequently disestablished SAC, moving its bomber, reconnaissance and aerial command post aircraft and all SAC ICBMs, along with all

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conventional bomber force remained in ACC. In 2015, these B-1 units were also transferred to Air Force Global Strike Command, which assumed responsibility for all current and future USAF bomber forces.

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SAC also had seven additional CAF bases transferred on 21 March 1946 which remained in SAC through the 1947 establishment of the U.S. Air Force as an independent service. Those installations included:

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on 21 July 1955. US bomber strength peaked with "over 2,500 bombers" after production "of over 2,000 B-47s and almost 750 B-52s" (circa 1956, 50% of SAC aircraft & 80% of SAC bombers were B-47s).

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In addition to the strategic bombing mission, SAC also devoted significant resources to aerial reconnaissance. In 1946, SAC's reconnaissance aircraft inventory consisted of F-2 photo variants of the

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review of SAC operations in the air and at six SAC bases, General Kenney was removed as Commanding General on 15 October 1948 and replaced on 19 October 1948 by 8AF's commander, Lieutenant General

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Carter announced that the B-1A would be canceled in favor of ICBMs, submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), and a fleet of modernized B-52s armed with air-launched cruise missiles (ALCMs).

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and the new headquarters complex built expressly for SAC, with construction commencing in 1955. SAC headquarters moved from the A Building at Offutt AFB to Building 500 in 1957. The underground

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In addition to bases under its operational control, SAC also maintained tenant wings at several bases under the control of other USAF MAJCOMs. These non-SAC bases with SAC tenants included:

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Kohn, R. H.; Harahan, J. P. (1988). "U.S. Strategic Air Power, 1948–1962: Excerpts from an Interview with Generals Curtis E. LeMay, Leon W. Johnson, David A. Burchinal, and Jack J. Catton".

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directed SAC to take all bomber and refueling aircraft and Minuteman II ICBMs off of continuous nuclear alert on 27 September 1991 and placing said aircraft on quick reaction ground alert.

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and deployed four B-29 bomber wings in Korea for tactical operations, although this action caused SAC commander LeMay to comment "...too many splinters were being whittled off the stick".

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ICBM reached SAC in 1986, and the 114 Peacekeepers had a total warhead yield of about 342 megatons. This also served to offset the retirement of the obsolescent and maintenance-intensive

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Richard Kohn and Joseph Harahan, eds., Strategic Air Warfare: An Interview with Curtis E. LeMay, Leon W. Johnson, David A. Burchinal, and Jack J. Catton (Washington, DC: OAFH, 1988), 93.

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reporting directly to SAC headquarters was split with most HQ 1CEVG organizations transferring to SAC HQ (e.g., the Command Instrument Flight Division) and RBS personnel, equipment, and

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reached operational service in 1963. Project Added Effort phased out all first-generation ICBMs beginning on 1 May 1964 when Atlas-D were taken off alert at Vandenberg AFB's 576th SMS (

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off the coast of Japan and Alaska... By presidential decree on 8 September 1955, Eisenhower announced that the ICBM would become America's chief focus in terms of the military arsenal.

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In November 1945, General Dwight D. Eisenhower became Army Chief of Staff. One of General Eisenhower's first actions was to appoint a board of officers, headed by Lieutenant General

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were utilized starting in 1960. On 30 June 1960, SAC had 696 aircraft on alert in the Zone of Interior, also known as the ZI (referred to today as the Continental United States, or

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to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi invasion and occupation, SAC bomber, tanker and reconnaissance aircraft flew operations (e.g., B-52s with conventional bombs and conventional warhead

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Throughout the early 1960s, the Kennedy Administration, under the aegis of Secretary of Defense McNamara, cancelled numerous SAC modernization programs. This included the Mach 3

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1–49 (EWP 1–49), which outlined the means for delivering 133 atomic bombs, "...the entire stockpile...in a single massive attack..." on 70 Soviet cities over a 30-day period.

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SAC also often maintained a tenant presence at former SAC bases that the command subsequently transferred and relinquished to other MAJCOMs, to include but not limited to:

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Condit, Kenneth W. (1992) . "Chapter 4: The Weapons Revolution and Service Functions". The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy: 1955–1956 (Report). Vol. VI of

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Guard Association and the Strategic Air Command Memorial Amateur Radio Club. After the Cold War, SAC histories included a 1990 almanac and a 2006 organizational history.

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stationed in the United Kingdom and in continental Europe often intercepted these classified RB-57 missions as they returned to Rhein-Main AB from over the Baltic.

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and conducted "Lucky Dragon" surveillance along North Vietnam and China borders (later named "Trojan Horse", "Olympic Torch", "Senior Book", and "Giant Dragon").

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Despite the pressures of demobilization, SAC continued the training and evaluation of bomber crews and units still on active duty in the postwar Army Air Forces.

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The attack of February 24, 1968, killed 1 of the 1CEG personnel, while wounding 4 (myself among them.) Sgts Rose and Norman Thomas of SAC ADVON were also killed.

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On 23 May 1965, SAC B-52Fs began unarmed missions for radar mapping "...and later to test bombing with the assistance of ground homing beacons..." SAC began

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Although experimented with prior to World War II, SAC refined aerial refueling to a fine art. SAC's in-flight refueling mission began in July 1952 when its

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and battle staff, ready to assume command of all strategic nuclear strike forces in the event that SAC headquarters was destroyed in a Soviet first strike.

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years, until 24 July 1990, SAC would maintain at least one Looking Glass aircraft continuously aloft 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with an embarked SAC

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RBS train will carry about 65 Air Force personnel. ... The RBS Express...has 10 cars...consisting of existing U.S. Army stock from the Odgen General Depor

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supply storage area part of the target box was in Laos." In April 1966, Vietnam operations began with the B-52D model, a 1956 model designed to use the

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status before seeing reductions and retirements through a combination of obsolescing systems and various arms reduction treaties with the Soviet Union.

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nuclear tests, the "Half Moon" Joint Emergency War Plan developed in May 1948 proposed dropping 50 atomic bombs on twenty Soviet cities, with President

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SAC initially totaled 37,000 USAAF personnel. In addition to Bolling Field and, seven months later, Andrews Field, SAC also assumed responsibility for:

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On 11 August 1960, President Eisenhower approved the creation of the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff (JSTPS), co-located at SAC headquarters at

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Additional closures and divestments of SAC bases would continue throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, accelerating even more so as a result the

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rejected LeMay's November 1964 proposal for a "...strategic air campaign against 94 targets in North Vietnam...", thirty SAC B-52Fs were deployed to

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until the first warhead landed." As a result, SAC's bombers and tankers began sitting armed ground alert at their respective bases on 1 Oct 57.

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In 1992, as part of an overall post-Cold War reorganization of the U.S. Air Force, SAC was disestablished as both a Specified Command and as a

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was deployed equipped with improved military avionics, aerial refueling, and satellite communications equipment. That same year, President

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medium bomber, which first entered service in 1951 and became operational within SAC in 1953. The B-47 was a component of the October 1953

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bomber threats to the continental United States that ADC fighters would respond to. However, following a mid-air collision between an ADC

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In 2009, the entire land-based USAF ICBM force and that portion of the USAF manned bomber force that was still nuclear-capable, e.g., the

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aerial decoys for low altitude operations and modified in late 1965 by Project Big Belly to increase conventional bomb capacity.

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through 26 May 1970 was controlled by Skyspot). On 17 February 1970, SAC conducted the first "GOOD LOOK" bombing of Laos at the

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History of the Strategic Air Command, 1 January 1960 – 30 June 1960 (Report). Headquarters, Strategic Air Command. p. 135.

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and, in cooperation with the 51st Air Force Base Unit, SAC also monitored radioactive fallout from Soviet atomic testing on

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during the 1947 to 1948 time frame would have required at least five to six days just to transfer custody of the bombs from

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By June , after a year in the war zone, B-52s were dropping 8000 tons of bombs monthly in saturation raids on South Vietnam

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support aircraft, but by 1947 SAC had acquired an F-9C squadron consisting of twelve photo-reconnaissance variants of the

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teams could prepare only two bombs each day by mid-1948 (p. 95). Rosenberg, 14. ... Vandenberg, sent the highly regarded

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Organizational History Branch, Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency (2001). Endicott, Judy G. (ed.).

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permanently stationed in Europe, having tactical and administrative control of the forward-deployed aircraft and units.

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AFRES (later AFRC) HQ 10th Air Force, an ACC-gained AF Reserve fighter wing, and an AMC-gained ANG airlift wing remain

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In July 1950, in response to combat operations on the Korean peninsula, SAC dispatched ten nuclear-capable bombers to

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Hearing: Department of Defense Decision to Reduce the Number and Types of Manned Bombers in the Strategic Air Command

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also used Skyspot for Hanoi/Haiphong bombings in North Vietnam which resulted in the loss of 25 SAC aircrew members.

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LeMay proposed that SAC should be able to deliver 80% of its weapons in one mission. The B-29D, which had become the

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Planning to reorganize for a separate and independent postwar U.S. Air Force had begun by the fall of 1945, with the

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Chronology of Significant Events and Decisions Relating to the U.S. Missile and Earth Satellite Development Programs

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during a 17 December 1959 Quick Kick exercise, simulated NORAD fighter attacks were prohibited against SAC bombers.

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during World War II. Concurrent with the establishment of this new headquarters facility, Lemay also increased SAC

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in September 1950. In 1951, SAC "began to eliminate its combat groups", transferring medium bombardment groups "to

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in California on 1 January 1958. SAC MIKE was responsible for missile development liaison, the intermediate range

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undergraduate navigator training (UNT) base which hosted a tenant SAC B-52G / KC-135E bomb wing and a SAC-gained

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Strategic Air Warfare An Interview with Curtis E. LeMay, Leon W. Johnson, David A. Burchinal, and Jack J. Catton

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Rosenberg, David A (Spring 1983). "The Origins of Overkill: Nuclear Weapons and American Strategy, 1945–1960".

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Concurrent with this increased alert posture and in order to better hone strategic bombing skillsets, the 1955

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With postwar demobilization still underway, eight of the ten assigned bomb groups were inactivated before the

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North American Air Defense Command and Continental Air Defense Command Historical Summary: July–December 1959

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For a list of the 32 "airfields and installations" for which SAC assumed jurisdiction on 21 March 1946, see

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since 1979, was officially acknowledged and rolled out for the first time for public display. The first "

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In another organizational change during this time period, SAC's fighter escort wings were transferred to

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Initial SAC B-29 successes against North Korea in the summer of 1950 were countered by subsequent Soviet

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for the strategic bombing of both Germany and German military forces in continental Europe prior to the

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capable at any one time of delivering them. Furthermore, it was later determined that an attack by the

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was among the command's largest overseas concentrations of forces, with additional forces under SAC's

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was activated on 18 March 1957, SAC HQ established the Office of Assistant CINCSAC (SAC MIKE) at the

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Radar bomb scoring began in 1946 with 888 bomb releases for the year against a site in the San Diego

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modified into aerial tankers. Exercise FOX PETER ONE followed with 31st FEW fighters being refueled

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in December 1945, was first delivered to SAC in June 1948. This was followed by SAC's first Convair

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tasked to plan, "...the reorganization of the Army and the Air Force...". In January 1946, Generals

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A Survey and Summary of Mathematical and Simulation Models as Applied to Weapon System Evaluation

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Freeman, Maj Steve (September 1997). "Visionaries, Cold War, hard work built the foundations of

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Despite this investment in "hardened" headquarters and command and control facilities, the 1957

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In an effort to concurrently enhance it reconnaissance capabilities, SAC also received several

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Concurrently, the Pease AFB bomber/tanker wing would lose its FB-111 aircraft and transfer to

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were discontinued when most detachment personnel transferred to Vietnam from 1966 to 1973 for

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After an early 1961 development by SAC of a Radar Bomb Scoring (RBS) field kit for use in the

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By 1977, SAC had been pinning its hopes for a new manned strategic bomber in the form of the

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The SAC Mentality: The Origins of Organizational Culture in Strategic Air Command, 1946–1962

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The closures were the beginning of a post-Cold War process that would later become known as

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Rosenberg, David A (June 1979). "American Atomic Strategy and the Hydrogen Bomb Decision".

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withdrew the 27th FEW to Japan. The wing continued combat operations from Japan until the

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The Emerging Shield: The Air Force and the Evolution of Continental Air Defense, 1945–1960

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The Development of the Strategic Air Command, 1946–1986: The Fortieth Anniversary History

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Treaty's mandated elimination of both the entire B-52G fleet and the inactivation of all

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SAC structure. By the beginning of the 1960s, SAC had also engineered the assignment of

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2 days after the Korean Armistice, while on 7 November 1954, an RB-29 was shot down near

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transferred to Strategic Air Command as of 15 September. transferred a Geiger subpost,

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SAC also maintained bomber, tanker, and/or reconnaissance aircraft assets at the former

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Cover of a 1975 SAC information booklet emphasizing its "Peace Is Our Profession" motto

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after B-52 photorecon missions ("GOOD LOOK ALPHA" in August 1969 and "GOOD LOOK BRAVO"

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which conducted the first European "heavy bomber" attack by the USAAF on 17 August 1942

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identified, "...little likelihood of SAC's bombers surviving since there was no way

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Peace...Is Our Profession: Alert Operations and the Strategic Air Command, 1957–1991

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Searching the Skies: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program

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Given its global operating environment, SAC also opened its own survival school at

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In 1981, SAC received a new air refueling tanker aircraft to supplement the aging

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increased the number of SAC aircraft on alert to 50 percent and during periods of

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On 31 March 1946, the following additional installation was also assigned to SAC:

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surface-to-air missile systems, SAC aircraft flew several mock penetrations into

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Nuclear missiles, aircrew readiness, airborne alert, and strategic reconnaissance

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Lessons from Vietnam: Should SAC Perform Both Nuclear and Conventional Missions?

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From Snark to Peacekeeper: A Pictorial History of Strategic Air Command Missiles

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On 18 March 1969, along the South Vietnamese border, SAC first bombed Cambodia (

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KC-135 refueling a B-52D in 1965, the year the last KC-135 was delivered to SAC.

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AFMC Rome Air Development Center and ANG Northeast Air Defense Sector HQ remain

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missions from 1965 until the end of hostilities involving U.S. forces in 1973.

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In November 1948, LeMay had SAC's headquarters and its command post moved from

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agreed on an Air Force organization composed of the Strategic Air Command, the

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aerial refueling tanker force, while some KC-135s were reassigned directly to

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Following Operation Desert Storm, the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the

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or BRAC. Although Mather AFB's navigator training mission would relocate to

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Nuclear Bunkers, SAC Ground Alert, and transfer of SAC's Fighter-Escort Wings

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was not to shoot down enemy bombers—it was to allow SAC...to get into the air

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transfer, on 1 July 1968, of Homestead AFB Altus AFB ... The definition of

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was "espoused publicly in January 1954 by Eisenhower's Secretary of State,

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Rise of the Fighter Generals: The Problem of Air Force Leadership 1945–1982

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at air bases in North Africa, Spain and Turkey during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Address to the Nation on Reducing United States and Soviet Nuclear Weapons

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To Hanoi and Back: The United States Air Force and North Vietnam 1966–1973

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groups and wings and having them fall under SAC's operational claimancy.

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Beginning on 1 February 1958, a SAC Liaison Team was also located at the

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nations. However, an unintended consequence of this deployment was that

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became the preferred method of evaluating bomber crews, with the last of

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Beyond The Wild Blue: A History of the United States Air Force 1947–1997

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Always at War: Organizational Culture in Strategic Air Command, 1946–62

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In 1962, SAC gained full control of the various "Q Areas" developed by

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On 18 March 1960, SAC intercontinental missiles began alert at Maine's

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Fisher, Lt Col David R.; Roig-Compton, Captain Aida E. (1 May 1990) .

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transcript (quoted by Schaffel, p. 251—speaker not identified). Note:

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Post-Vietnam, 1970s budget cuts, 1980s renewal, and the Cold War redux

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For the underground NORAD and aboveground Pentagon command posts, see

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Cold War Infrastructure for Strategic Air Command: The Bomber Mission

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History of Strategic Air Command: Chapter III Operations and Training

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The first Soviet atomic bomb test occurred on 29 August 1949 and the

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The Secret Explorers: Saga of the 46th/72nd Reconnaissance Squadrons

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Chief, Missile Concept Division, Headquarters, Strategic Air Command

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Replaced as a specified command by a new unified combatant command,

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Military units and formations of the United States in the Cold War

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or MIRVs, for striking 3 targets, while concurrently retiring the

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ICBM launch by a SAC crew for 9 September 1959 at Vandenberg AFB.

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In 1946, the US possessed only nine atomic bombs and twenty-seven

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except for the December "...Duck Flight mission hit a suspected

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because...it came under the operational control of the JCS. ...

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located adjacent to Offutt AFB was moved in 1998 to a site near

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missiles at the end of the year.) This also coincided with the

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U-2 forward deployed to McCoy AFB for BRASS KNOB operations was

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In October 1962, an SAC BRASS KNOB mission U-2 piloted by Major

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was characterized by radar bomb scoring (RBS) runs on Amarillo,

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Bombardment units and formations of the United States Air Force

3400:: 21 Mar 1946 (from CAF) – 30 Mar 1946; 1 Nov 1949 – 1 Jan 1975 3322:, Louisiana, is one of two USAF component commands assigned to 3267:), which took over the SAC Headquarters complex at Offutt AFB. 2610: 2511: 2290:

SAC kept some B-52 airborne in the event of a surprise attack.

2195: 2133: 1593: 1471:'s "Blue" force, a SAC "Red" strike force simulated attacks on 731: 546:), then home of the USAAF's sole nuclear-capable bomb wing, and 323: 261: 6693:"AF realigns B-1, LRS-B under Air Force Global Strike Command" 6571:

The Missile Next Door: The Minuteman in the American Heartland

6521:(AMSA) ... McNamara test, 25 Jan 66, House Subcte No 2, HCAS, 6373:

https://www.scribd.com/doc/47549447/SAC-History-1966-Study-102

6205:

Drenkowski, Drew (September 1977). "Operation Linebacker II".

5695:

Semiannual Report of the Secretary of Defense, 1 Jan-30 Jun 58

4015:, Nebraska (sub-base of Grand Island Army Air Field, Nebraska) 2403: 6906:

Organization of United States Air Force Units in the Gulf War

6273: 6068:"the nuclear information project: the airborne alert program" 5948: 5822:"Fact Sheets : RB-47H Shot Down : RB-47H Shot Down" 4804:. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. Archived from 3283: 2828: 2614: 2087: 2036: 1993: 1285: 774: 417: 296:, Nebraska was concurrently transferred to the newly created 52: 6850: 6848: 6170:(presented during "Bombing in Cambodia" hearings before the 5596:

Strategic Air Command and the Alert Program: A Brief History

4965: 2436:

on 18 June 1965 (8000 tons per month in 1966) and conducted

1761:, Georgia. In 1957, these aircraft were forward deployed to 1385: 6957:. Transforming War. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press. 5786:

Evolution of U.S. Strategic Command and Control and Warning

5180:(4). Los Angeles: University of Southern California: 3–71. 5102:. Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program. 5096:

The USAF in Korea: Campaigns, Units, and Stations 1950–1953

3307:

and renamed as the Strategic Air and Space Museum in 2001.

2040: 1989:

missiles having been transferred to SAC for alert in 1958.

1929:(TAC) during 1957 and 1958. Finally, during January 1958's 746: 742:, followed by Projects RICKRACK, STONEWORK, and COVERALLS. 6160:...Selected Air and Ground Operations in Cambodia and Laos 5373:"7th Bombardment Wing Operations, Carswell AFB, 1955–1958" 4060:

Greensboro Oversea Replacement Depot (ORD), North Carolina

2121:, and the National Strategic Target List for nuclear war. 1475:

targets as far south as Virginia. After a "scathing" 1948

428:), with the command of air operations transferring to the 234:

from 1946 to 1992. SAC was also responsible for strategic

6924:

Strategic Air Command: Unit Mission and History Summaries

6845: 6798:, 2nd Edition, Nautical & Aviation Publishing, 1990, 6767: 5485: 4663:

A Brief History of Keesler AFB and the 81st Training Wing

3240:, with one additional air refueling wing assigned to the 3185:) near Iraq from bases in Great Britain, Turkey, Cyprus, 2761:(closed; portion transferred to ANG as Rickenbacker ANGB) 2502:

B43, B53, and BA53 nuclear weapons" (SAC had 311 nuclear

1678:

missile launching from Site 395-C, a test launch silo at

425: 7144:

Air Force Special Film Project 1236, "SAC Command Post"

5303:

Joint Chiefs of Staff summary (cited by Schaffel p. 194)

3634:

List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command

3177:. Airborne NEACP alerts ended in 1990 and during 1991's 2879:, who had designed the adjoining 1957 bunker. The first 5361:

http://www.jeromegoolsby.net/military/sacstats.htmlkept

4298:(Report). Barksdale AFB, Louisiana: Office of History, 2839:(ADC). These activities would later be (transferred to 2755:(closed; portion transferred to USCG as CGAS Borinquen) 2705:(transferred to USN as NAS Albany in 1968, closed 1975) 2179:

SAC's airborne alerts during this period also included

2077:

Beginning in November 1959, in order to counter Soviet

2016:

launch complexes. In 1959-60, SAC evaluated deploying

2008:, Turkey, monitoring Soviet missile telemetry from the 1690:

Strategic Air Command logo on a B-47 on display at the

1559:, Nevada in 1952 before transferring the school to the 9771:

Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

6473:

McNamara, Clifford, and theBurdens of Vietnam1965-1969

5658:(Report). Office of the Historian, HQ. SAC, Offutt AFB 4717:(organizational chart), Fall 1947, Accessed 2013-08-14 4326:"SAC History: This section is still under development" 4267:(Report) (3rd printing ed.). Air University Press 3862:

History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense

2797:

and were forward deployed as necessary to support the

1178:(base never completed; declared excess 23 August 1960) 9754:

House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

6920: 6796:

Strategic Air Command: People, Aircraft, and Missiles

5247:

A Cold War Legacy: A Tribute to Strategic Air Command

3463:: 20 Mar 1951 – 30 Jun 1965; 1 Jul 1978 – 31 Jan 1982 2978:

for its ANG KC-135 air refueling wing and be renamed

2974:

while a portion of Pease would be transferred to the

478: 335:

The Strategic Air Forces of the United States during

307:

In 2009, SAC was reactivated and redesignated as the

10420:

Military units and formations disestablished in 1992

5706: 3541:, Puerto Rico in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and at 3451:: 18 Jun 1954 – 1 Apr 1970; 1 Jan 1975 – 31 Jan 1982 3247:

Land-based ICBMs were later transferred from ACC to

3024:(transferred to USN as NAS JRB Fort Worth per BRAC) 2687:(closed; portion transferred to ANG as Lincoln ANGB) 2384:

Reflex stations at air bases in Spain and Britain.)

2329:

Soviet intermediate range ballistic missiles in Cuba

2124:

On 1 July 1960, a SAC RB-47 with a six-man crew was

1544:(unit) and, for aircrew award, a B-29 team from the 1460:

was subsequently assigned to SAC on 1 October 1947.

912:

bases subsequently added to SAC in the United States

399:

which executed bombing operations on 2 November 1943

292:(AETC), while SAC's central headquarters complex at 9616:

United States military aircraft designation systems

5249:(1st ed.). Pictorial Histories Publishing Co. 5216:"History of aerial refueling: Fueling the fighters" 3475:: 2 Mar 1951 – 8 Jan 1958; 15 Jul 1959 – 9 Jul 1991 2723:(closed; portion transferred to ANG as Forbes ANGB) 2669:(closed; portion transferred to ANG as Bangor ANGB) 2548:based on daily strike requests and amendments from 2443:All B-52F missions in 1965 were against targets in 2297:

for nuclear weapon storage adjacent to Loring AFB (

1666: 1600:began escorting the bombers with F–84 Thunderjets. 1540:in 1948. Winners of this inaugural event were the 430:

Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force

9749:House Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces 7147:is available for free viewing and download at the 6091: 5029:"Global Strike Challenge – A legacy of excellence" 4864: 1532:In January 1949, SAC conducted simulated raids on 350:(USSTAF), consisting of the 8AF and 15AF, and the 10425:Military units and formations established in 1946 5884: 5882: 5685:. Washington, DC: Historical Office, Joint Staff. 5445:"90 SAC Planes to H-Bomb 3 Target Cities Off Map" 4894: 4892: 4293:Historical Summary: Radar Bomb Scoring, 1945–1983 4265:Inside The Cold War; A Cold Warrior's Reflections 3294: 2767:(transferred to AFRES, now AFRC, as Westover ARB) 2561:multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle 2257:Sky Shield II exercise followed by Sky Shield III 1713:...to minimize the threat...the major purpose of 1635:, California non-stop with fuel from twenty-four 352:United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific 238:; airborne command posts; and most of the USAF's 10376: 6810:Strategic Air Command, An Organizational History 6594:Winkler, David F; Webster, Julie L (June 1997). 5167: 5165: 5163: 5161: 4668:(Report). Vol. A-090203-089. Archived from 2970:, Missouri in preparation for transition to the 1780:Since it was designed as a medium bomber, SAC's 1650:RB-50 returned fire on a Soviet MiG-15, while a 1555:, Colorado in 1949, later moving this school to 416:used several Air Forces, primarily those of the 327:The 1946–1951 SAC patch (above) was replaced by 6979: 5057:The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America... 4566:(Report). United States Army Corps of Engineers 3469:: 16 Feb 1951 – 8 Apr 1952; 8 Apr – 16 Jul 1952 2827:On 1 December 1979, SAC assumed control of the 2206:On 11 May 1961, SAC took delivery of its first 300:(USSTRATCOM), which was established as a joint 10405:Bomber aircraft commands (military formations) 6593: 5879: 5581:Guardian Magazine...funded Air Force newspaper 4889: 4657: 4655: 3931:Following are the bases assigned on 21 March: 3802:43. Richard H. Kohn and Joseph Harahan, eds., 3189:, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. 2902:End of the Cold War and Operation Desert Storm 2274:B-52D dropping bombs over Vietnam, circa 1970. 2210:supersonic medium bomber, assigning it to the 1865:visiting Strategic Air Command's Headquarters. 1692:National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force 1538:a competition, the first so-called "Bomb Comp" 1427:after the 1957 fastest round-the-world flight. 726:squadron, the F-13 later re-designated as the 542:, New Mexico (later renamed Roswell AFB, then 329:the patch with insignia that won a SAC contest 10415:Major commands of the United States Air Force 9640: 7169: 6015: 6013: 6011: 6009: 5800:Ideologies in Conflict; A Cold War Docu-Story 5633: 5631: 5158: 3735:"Fact Sheet: Air Force Global Strike Command" 2255:test program, as well as the joint SAC-NORAD 2074:in Colorado being placed on alert that June. 1711:strategy, which articulated, in part, that: " 552:, Kansas (later renamed Smoky Hill AFB, then 6980:Hopkins, J.C.; Goldberg, Sheldon A. (1986). 6440: 6438: 5399:"Fairchild Wing To Get Trophy in Bomb Tests" 5150:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 5088: 5086: 5084: 4817: 4815: 4466: 4433: 4431: 4429: 4087:Kearns Oversea Replacement Depot (ORD), Utah 3737:. afhra.af.mil. 17 July 2009. Archived from 348:United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe 10395:1992 disestablishments in the United States 9654: 7740:Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom 6549:"Sunday Union - Google News Archive Search" 6513:had previously appointed a group, known as 4793: 4791: 4652: 4472: 3507:Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom 3326:(USSTRATCOM). AFGSC currently consists of 3278:, was transferred to the newly established 3244:(AETC) as the KC-135 formal training unit. 3112:(transferred to AFRC as March ARB per BRAC) 3106:(transferred to AMC, then AFSPC, now AFGSC) 3065:(transferred to ACC, then AFSPC, now AFGSC) 2408: 2404:Vietnam War and latter half of the Cold War 769:approving "Half Moon" during the June 1948 677:was assigned to SAC on 31 March (15th AF's 512:on 21 March 1946 upon the redesignation of 389:"No-Ball" missions on 5 December 1943; the 230:components of the United States military's 9647: 9633: 7176: 7162: 6367: 6365: 6308:SAC, A Primer of Modern Strategic Airpower 6257:History of the Strategic Air Command: 1969 6251: 6249: 6247: 6204: 6006: 5718: 5628: 5433:. (18 October 1957). Retrieved 2013-09-18. 5053: 4957: 4955: 4953: 4951: 4858: 4856: 4854: 4724:The Genealogy of the Strategic Air Command 4594: 4592: 4286: 4284: 4282: 2425:. The following month, in March 1965, the 6921:Clark, Rita F.; Herman F. Martin (1988). 6815: 6435: 5845: 5843: 5622:SAC's fighter planes and their operations 5338:Martin B-57 Canberra: The Complete Record 5331: 5329: 5171: 5081: 4821: 4812: 4554: 4552: 4550: 4548: 4546: 4437: 4426: 3919:(partial transcript at AlternateWars.com) 3854: 3852: 3815:primary mission of the atomic squadrons." 2743:Naval Training Center Orlando McCoy Annex 1820:and (after 30 April 1968) its successor, 1701:SAC's first jet strategic bomber was the 1386:Run-up to Korea and start of the Cold War 304:to replace SAC's Specified Command role. 8587:544th Aerospace Reconnaissance Technical 6879: 6823:"AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND (USAF)" 6757:. SAC Elite Guard. Retrieved 2013-09-18. 6414: 6128:(Oral History Interview tape—21 minutes) 5962:the NORAD Joint Test Force stationed at 5593: 5442: 5240: 5238: 5236: 4871:. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 4797: 4788: 4290: 3769: 3767: 3765: 3763: 3761: 3759: 3652: 3380:For SAC aircraft/systems and wings, see 3334:(20AF), responsible for the ICBM force. 2803: 2779:National Emergency Airborne Command Post 2693:(transferred to TAC, later MAC, now AMC) 2386: 2370:missile in 1962, and the Rocky Mountain 2345:4028th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron 2269: 2261: 2224: 2194: 2186: 2062:. This was soon followed by SAC's first 2027:President Eisenhower approved the first 1960: 1944: 1891:, a facility alternatively known as the 1854: 1842: 1685: 1670: 1415: 1401: 1389: 482: 322: 10390:1946 establishments in Washington, D.C. 8428:71st Strategic Reconnaissance (Fighter) 6587: 6362: 6337: 6244: 6154: 6152: 6150: 6148: 5922: 5712:handwritten memorandum to the President 5574: 5568: 4948: 4862: 4851: 4635:"Patrick AFB - Cape Canaveral Air Base" 4598: 4589: 4354: 4279: 4240: 4238: 3858: 3685:(first ed.). Osprey. p. 232. 2955:, relocating again four years later to 2820:. However, on 30 June 1977, President 2741:(closed; portion transferred to USN as 1903:. A 3-story nuclear bunker located on 1757:, with the aircraft initially based at 14: 10377: 9843:Operational Test and Evaluation Center 9707:Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force 6950: 6568: 6085: 5849: 5840: 5687:(Condit's footnote 41 on p. 294 cites: 5680: 5674: 5478:(5 webpages transcribing SAC Lt. Gen. 5335: 5326: 5026: 4932: 4898: 4697:, to Strategic Air Command on 16 July. 4558: 4543: 4291:Horstead, Terry L. (9 November 1983). 4215:South Auxiliary #1, Deming, New Mexico 3979:Center Auxiliary #2, Parma, New Mexico 3849: 3826: 3773: 3424:: 21 Mar 1946 (from CAF) – 31 Mar 1946 2675:(transferred to US Army as Hunter AAF) 2427:Strategic Air Command Advanced Echelon 2156:Post-Attack Command and Control System 2020:ICBMs via civilian railroad tracks on 1893:8th Air Force Combat Operations Center 1847:Strategic Air Command Headquarters at 1802:SAC Bombing and Navigation Competition 1652:343d Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron 1648:38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron 755:United States Atomic Energy Commission 18:Strategic Air Command Advanced Echelon 10435:United States Army Air Force Commands 9628: 7157: 6812:, Battermix Publishing Company, 2006. 6505:Strategic Air Command, denominated a 6304: 5797: 5726:Buss, L. H. (Director) (1 May 1960). 5650: 5644: 5269: 5244: 5233: 5208: 4966:"Welcome to Joe Baugher's Home Page!" 4720: 4262: 4244: 3820: 3756: 3680: 2906:SAC reorganization at the end of the 2536:. SAC transferred "...HQ 8th AF...to 9605:Strategic Air Command Emblem Gallery 9600: 7004:from the original on 25 August 2016. 6827:Air Force Historical Research Agency 6470: 6145: 5888: 5725: 5683:History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 5638: 5619: 5273:B-47 Stratojet in detail & scale 5007:Military Facilities: Air Force Bases 4824:"Radar Bomb Scoring: RBS Operations" 4766:"Joe McCusker's Air Force Base List" 4384: 4378: 4355:Herring, G. B. (Jr.) (19 May 1966). 4323: 4235: 3904: 3653:Williams, Clifton (27 August 2014). 3391: 3088:(transferred to AFRC as Grissom ARB) 2647:(transferred to TAC, then ACC until 2590:signed shortly after the operation. 2022:USAF-operated locomotives and trains 1979:Air Force Ballistic Missile Division 1899:, since it was a sub-post of nearby 1785:to 1966, was known as "Reflex" with 1448:, and two reconnaissance units, the 692:was assigned to SAC on 7 June 1946. 27:1946–1992 US Air Force major command 6986:. Office of the Historian, HQ. SAC. 6880:Feickert, Andrew (3 January 2013). 5651:Clark, Major Rita F. (1 May 1990). 4961: 4055:Greensboro-Highpoint Army Air Field 3576:SAC also conducted operations from 3216:aircraft, to the newly established 2963:process would close McClellan AFB. 2883:was also delivered to SAC in 1987. 2641:(transferred to MAC, later to AETC) 2490:By May 1967, SACADVON had moved to 2312:was first deployed in 1962 and the 2158:. From this date and for the next 2128:in international airspace over the 1467:In May 1948, in an exercise versus 216:United States Department of Defense 24: 10344:Air & Space Forces Association 9761:Senate Committee on Armed Services 7033:Image sequence for Titan II launch 6914: 6645:"Strategic Air Command alert ends" 6519:Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft 5594:Narducci, Henry M (1 April 1988). 5443:Haugland, Vern (31 October 1957). 4559:Weitze, Karen J. (November 1999). 3242:Air Education and Training Command 2791:55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 2355:missile, killing the pilot, Major 2337:55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 2303:Site F (South Dakota)/Rushmore AFS 1949:Minuteman ICBM crew on alert in a 508:was originally established in the 479:Establishment and transfer to USAF 313:intercontinental ballistic missile 290:Air Education and Training Command 286:United States Air Forces in Europe 228:intercontinental ballistic missile 25: 10446: 7009: 6338:Correll, John T. (January 2009). 6283:18th Strategic Aerospace Division 6140:Operational Concept of BUGLE NOTE 5550:"Mt. Holyoke Timeline: 1950–1974" 5375:. 7bwb-36assn.org. Archived from 5027:Stives, Brian (5 November 2010). 4218:South Sulphur Auxiliary #3, Texas 4176:Roswell Auxiliary #3, New Mexico, 4167:Rocky Ford Auxiliary #1, Colorado 4102:Las Animas Auxiliary #2, Colorado 3175:1st Electronic Combat Range Group 2835:facilities from the inactivating 373:during World War II included the 118:Major Command / Specified Command 34:. For the command from 2009, see 10358: 10357: 10256:Division of Military Aeronautics 9781: 9680:Under Secretary of the Air Force 9599: 9419:McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender 9247:North American F-82 Twin Mustang 7886: 7184: 7128: 7116: 7104: 7092: 7080: 7068: 7056: 7044: 7027: 6887:. Congressional Research Service 6723:Strategic Air & Space Museum 6630:"B52 Stratofortress Association" 5653:SAC Missile Chronology 1939–1988 5554:chronos-historical.org/mtholyoke 4899:Rhodes, Richard (11 June 1995). 4822:Alexander, Sigmund (July 2005). 3778:(Report). Air University Press. 3525:U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield 2998:actions, primarily due to BRAC: 2976:New Hampshire Air National Guard 2929:KC-135A air refueling group; and 2910:began as early as 1988 when the 2829:ballistic missile warning system 2785:aircraft, these highly modified 2534:Skyspot installation in Thailand 2115:Single Integrated Operation Plan 1838:National Military Command Center 1667:Cold War and massive retaliation 1604:(GDB) was subsequently used for 1596:fighter-interceptors, and SAC's 1498:, New Mexico in September 1948. 1201:Francis E. Warren Air Force Base 194: 101: 85: 51: 9267:General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark 9191:General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark 8555:4320th Strategic Wing (Missile) 6899: 6873: 6785: 6760: 6741: 6725:. sasmuseum.com. Archived from 6711: 6685: 6663: 6622: 6562: 6541: 6530: 6464: 6408: 6388: 6377: 6331: 6298: 6214: 6198: 6172:Senate Armed Services Committee 6115: 6060: 5991:(AtlasMissileSilo.com pdf file) 5973: 5905: 5814: 5791: 5775: 5759:. Rusk, Texas. 28 December 1961 5742: 5700: 5613: 5587: 5542: 5467: 5436: 5420: 5391: 5365: 5354: 5306: 5297: 5263: 5047: 5020: 4995: 4971:Individual aircraft/model pages 4926: 4901:"The General and World War III" 4758: 4732: 4707: 4627: 4576:The first six B-36s arrived at 4518: 4509: 4440:The Journal of American History 4401: 4348: 4317: 4256: 3774:Worden, Col. Mike (July 2000). 3382:Strategic Air Command equipment 3364:United States Strategic Command 3324:United States Strategic Command 3316:Air Force Global Strike Command 3280:Air Force Global Strike Command 3261:United States Strategic Command 3154:(transferred to ACC, now AFGSC) 3124:(transferred to ACC, now AFGSC) 3053:(transferred to ACC, now AFGSC) 3041:(transferred to ACC, now AFGSC) 3012:(transferred to ACC, now AFGSC) 2789:airframes were assigned to the 2372:Deep Underground Support Center 2320:replaced Minuteman I in 1965). 1849:Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska 309:Air Force Global Strike Command 298:United States Strategic Command 245:SAC primarily consisted of the 57:Shield of Strategic Air Command 36:Air Force Global Strike Command 10167:Reserve Officer Training Corps 10124:Judge Advocate General's Corps 9766:Senate Subcommittee on Airland 9744:House Armed Services Committee 6829:. 17 July 2009. Archived from 6228:. AirForce.com. Archived from 5139:replaced it in late June 1951. 4252:, New York: St. Martin's Press 3727: 3699: 3674: 3646: 3610:British Indian Ocean Territory 3295:Commemoration and new commands 3224:(AMC) inherited most of SAC's 3220:(ACC). The newly established 2657:(transferred to ATC, now AETC) 2154:for the Nuclear Triad and the 1887:In 1957, SAC also constructed 1738:and the Soviets rejected the " 1720:not be destroyed on the ground 1174:Richard I. Bong Air Force Base 1121:Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base 823:SAC bases in the United States 701:888 simulated bomb runs scored 679:263rd Army Air Force Base Unit 13: 1: 10315:Women Airforce Service Pilots 9487:Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar 9106:91st Strategic Reconnaissance 8582:55th Strategic Reconnaissance 8577:26th Strategic Reconnaissance 5934:Aeronautical Systems Division 5784:(quotation and citation from 5753:(UniSv of Tennessee archives) 5060:Univ of Massachusetts Press. 4180:Salt Lake City Army Air Field 3829:German V-Weapon Sites 1943–45 3655:"Strategic Air Command March" 3639: 3573:, Iceland through the 1990s. 3259:submarine forces to form the 3071:(transferred to AMC, now ACC) 2980:Pease Air National Guard Base 2717:(transferred to TAC, now ACC) 2699:(transferred to TAC, now ACC) 2597:SAC aircraft used during the 2570:1972 saw the commencement of 2526: 2191:EC-135 Looking Glass aircraft 2102:aerial refueling aircraft to 2002:Air Defense Direction Centers 1897:Westover Communications Annex 1654:RB-50 was shot down over the 1580: 1410:Convair B-36J-5-CF Peacemaker 761:combat ready. After the 1948 461:Air Technical Service Command 318: 163:"Strategic Air Command March" 9492:Douglas C-124 Globemaster II 9424:Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter 9252:Republic F-84F Thunderstreak 8572:6th Strategic Reconnaissance 6573:. Harvard University Press. 5427:1957 | 1525 | Flight Archive 4580:, another SAC base built in 4126:Mountain Home Army Air Field 4078:, Colorado Springs, Colorado 2945:Base Realignment and Closure 2532:) and the observations of a 2364:North American B-70 Valkyrie 2229:An overhead view of two SAC 2140:in Moscow for seven months. 2048:Snark Missile Launch Complex 1920:to detect an incoming attack 1905:Bare Mountain, Massachusetts 1454:46th Reconnaissance Squadron 873:Mountain Home Air Force Base 855:Davis-Monthan Air Force Base 703:against a bombing site near 630:Mountain Home Air Force Base 600:Davis-Monthan Air Force Base 385:, which conducted the first 32:Strategic Air Command (film) 7: 10410:Cold War in popular culture 9670:Department of the Air Force 9477:Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter 9166:North American B-45 Tornado 9151:Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit 6287:1st Combat Evaluation Group 6207:Soldier of Fortune 2, No. 3 5947:the Phase II and Phase III 5889:Pike, John (24 July 2011). 5802:(Report). Writers' Showcase 4328:. Strategic-Air-Command.com 4300:1st Combat Evaluation Group 4043:Grand Island Army Air Field 3827:Zaloga, Steven J. (2008) . 3627: 3487:: 31 Mar 1947 – 1 Nov 1949. 3386:Strategic Air Command wings 3167:1st Combat Evaluation Group 2888:Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit 2395:& U-2s deployed to the 1254:K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base 1016:Rickenbacker Air Force Base 999:Lake Charles Air Force Base 500:Strategic Air Command bases 410:Operation Overlord air plan 10: 10451: 9675:Secretary of the Air Force 9439:Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker 9409:Boeing KB-29 Superfortress 9262:Convair F-102 Delta Dagger 9242:North American F-2 Mustang 9181:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress 7050:First Titan II silo launch 6951:Deaile, Melvin G. (2007). 6384:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress 5850:Deaile, Melvin G. (2007). 5693:(1957), p. 76 and passim. 5491:Public Broadcasting System 5313:House of Commons of Canada 5003:"Kirtland AFB, New Mexico" 4798:Schaffel, Kenneth (1991). 4685:Flight Engineer Training 4228:Walla Walla Army Air Field 4204:Sioux Falls Army Air Field 3712:. ATK.com. 9 December 1997 3596:in the Azores (Portugal), 3457:: 14 Jan 1951 – 1 Jul 1957 3418:: 1 Jul 1957 – 15 Apr 1966 3412:: 31 Mar 1946 – 1 Jun 1992 3379: 3337: 2939:KC-135A air refueling wing 2833:Space Surveillance Network 2799:National Command Authority 2749:-directed closure in 1999) 2710:B-52E and B-52F aircraft: 2609:, various versions of the 2555:In 1970, SAC deployed the 2299:Site E (Maine)/Caribou AFS 2150:, began operations as the 2143:On 3 February 1961, SAC's 2072:Titan I Missile Complex 1A 1879:complex also contained an 1831: 1247:Grand Forks Air Force Base 1208:Blytheville Air Force Base 1183:Bunker Hill Air Force Base 1101:Plattsburgh Air Force Base 1094:Little Rock Air Force Base 751:509th Composite Bomb Group 497: 367:Strategic Bombing Campaign 29: 10352: 10233: 10195: 10079: 10017: 9914: 9856: 9830: 9799: 9790: 9779: 9662: 9613: 9592: 9514: 9502:Boeing C-135 Stratolifter 9447: 9399: 9356: 9275: 9257:North American F-86 Sabre 9234: 9199: 9176:Boeing B-50 Superfortress 9156:Boeing B-29 Superfortress 9136: 9123: 9098: 9075: 8950: 8930: 8724: 8688: 8662: 8653: 8595: 8562: 8456: 8383: 8180: 8171: 8151: 8083: 7947: 7940: 7902: 7895: 7884: 7732: 7587:Calumet Air Force Station 7562: 7553: 7496: 7219: 7206: 7197: 7127: 7115: 7103: 7091: 7079: 7067: 7055: 7043: 7038: 7026: 7021: 7016: 6860:strategic-air-command.com 5336:Mikesh, Robert C (1995). 4863:Tillman, Barrett (2007). 4639:strategic-air-command.com 4210:Smoky Hill Army Air Field 4198:Sioux City Army Air Field 4156:Rapid City Army Air Field 4049:Great Bend Army Air Field 4025:Fort Worth Army Air Field 4019:Fort Sumner Army Airfield 3970:Cash, Texas, Auxiliary #2 3941:Alamogordo Army Air Field 3406:: 7 Jun 1946 – 1 Jun 1992 3204:and Secretary of Defense 2886:On 22 November 1988, the 2854:commercial airliner, the 2837:Aerospace Defense Command 1834:Cheyenne Mountain Complex 1742:" Treaty proposed at the 1450:311th Reconnaissance Wing 1194:Vandenberg Air Force Base 1108:Portsmouth Air Force Base 1041:Pinecastle Air Force Base 1012:Lockbourne Air Force Base 302:Unified Combatant Command 190: 185: 172: 167: 159: 155:"Peace is Our Profession" 151: 122: 114: 96: 80: 62: 50: 45: 10177:Airman Leadership School 9979:Thirteenth Expeditionary 9817:Field Operating Agencies 9366:Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird 6647:. Af.mil. Archived from 6471:Drea, Edward J. (1984). 6448:(Report). Archived from 6415:Thompson, Wayne (2000). 6211:(cited by Worden p. 174) 5556:. Chronos-Historical.org 5475:"Race for the Superbomb" 5054:Englehardt, Tom (2007). 4832:The Stratojet Newsletter 4721:Mixer, Ronald E (1999). 4599:Mueller, Robert (1989). 4186:Selfridge Army Air Field 3967:Caddo Mills Auxiliary #1 3956:Avon Park Army Air Field 3808:Atomic Energy Commission 3683:A Dictionary of Aviation 3681:Wragg, David W. (1973). 3422:IX Troop Carrier Command 3228:aircraft and the entire 2914:planned the closure of: 2481:1st Air Cavalry Division 2415:the Secretary of Defense 2409:SAC's air war in Vietnam 1621:31st Fighter-Escort Wing 1598:27th Fighter Escort Wing 1275:McConnell Air Force Base 1261:Kincheloe Air Force Base 1219:Wurtsmith Air Force Base 1073:Malmstrom Air Force Base 1059:Homestead Air Force Base 1005:Chennault Air Force Base 978:Barksdale Air Force Base 953:Bergstrom Air Force Base 897:Fairchild Air Force Base 861:Ellsworth Air Force Base 665:IX Troop Carrier Command 610:Ellsworth Air Force Base 492:rocket-assisted take off 272:redistributed among the 232:strategic nuclear forces 218:Specified Command and a 10162:Officer Training School 9656:United States Air Force 9497:Convair C-131 Samaritan 9161:Convair B-36 Peacemaker 6537:Operation Linebacker II 6343:(transcript of article) 6191:Operation MENU missions 6189:radar...controlled all 6021:"Air Force Fact Sheets" 5891:"Strategic Air Command" 5620:Boyd, Robert J (1988). 5577:Air Force Space Command 5406:Spokane Daily Chronicle 5270:Lloyd, Alwyn T (1988). 4530:Encyclopedia Britannica 4097:La Junta Army Air Field 4091:Kirtland Army Air Field 4013:Fairmont Army Air Field 3859:Leonard, Barry (2009). 3588:in the United Kingdom, 3569:, BIOT; and the former 3557:in the United Kingdom; 3517:SAC "Provisional" wings 3257:Fleet Ballistic Missile 3249:Air Force Space Command 2852:McDonnell Douglas DC-10 2841:Air Force Space Command 2572:Operation Linebacker II 2485:Operation Linebacker II 2475:operations. The first " 2473:ground-directed bombing 2278:In 1961, following the 1969:aircraft in June 1957. 1965:SAC received its first 1602:Ground-directed bombing 1546:509th Bombardment Group 1511:Glenn L. Martin Company 1284:, Colorado and various 1268:Griffiss Air Force Base 1167:Laughlin Air Force Base 1135:Columbus Air Force Base 1128:Westover Air Force Base 1034:Whiteman Air Force Base 903:Wendover Air Force Base 879:Kirtland Air Force Base 849:Carswell Air Force Base 789:, Maine (later renamed 683:SAC's radar detachments 645:Kirtland Air Force Base 590:Carswell Air Force Base 494:(RATO) on 15 April 1954 414:1944 invasion of France 365:' first mission in the 236:reconnaissance aircraft 220:United States Air Force 109:United States Air Force 10205:Awards and decorations 9838:District of Washington 9831:Direct Reporting Units 9467:Douglas C-54 Skymaster 9434:Lockheed Martin KC-130 9381:Martin RB-57D Canberra 7086:Semiannual Film Report 6753:7 January 2014 at the 6679:16 August 2016 at the 5534:20 August 2016 at the 5523:20 August 2016 at the 5512:20 August 2016 at the 5501:20 August 2016 at the 5449:The Milwaukee Sentinel 5174:International Security 5127:and took its F–84s to 4702:SAC's RBS Detachment D 4475:International Security 4222:Tonopah Army Air Field 4162:Richmond Army Air Base 4108:MacDill Army Air Field 4082:Kearney Army Air Field 4070:Harvard Army Air Field 4064:Grenier Army Air Field 3952:Arlington Auxiliary #4 3935:Abilene Army Air Field 3531:, Thailand during the 3345:Continental Air Forces 3179:Operation Desert Storm 2809: 2530: 15 January 1970 2400: 2339:, forward deployed to 2275: 2267: 2232: 2212:305th Bombardment Wing 2203: 2192: 2079:surface-to-air missile 1970: 1958: 1866: 1852: 1698: 1683: 1637:KB-29P Superfortresses 1542:43rd Bombardment Group 1525:fighter aircraft with 1428: 1413: 1399: 1233:Glasgow Air Force Base 1187:Grissom Air Force Base 1142:Abilene Air Force Base 1080:Lincoln Air Force Base 1030:Sedalia Air Force Base 891:McGuire Air Force Base 867:MacDill Air Force Base 837:Patrick Air Force Base 620:MacDill Air Force Base 608:, South Dakota (later 514:Continental Air Forces 495: 488:Boeing B-47B Stratojet 332: 147:, District of Columbia 10385:Strategic Air Command 10248:Aeronautical Division 9472:Fairchild C-82 Packet 9462:Douglas C-47 Skytrain 9171:Boeing B-47 Stratojet 7190:Strategic Air Command 6947:at alternatewars.com. 6943:24 March 2022 at the 6043:23 April 2013 at the 5936:, USAF. December 1961 5798:Adams, Chris (2001). 5402:(Google news archive) 4715:Strategic Air Command 4695:Fort George E. Wright 4385:Wack, Fred J (1992). 4363:. Laurel, Mississippi 4263:Adams, Chris (2005). 4192:Seymour-Johnson Field 4171:Roswell Army Air Base 4132:Oscoda Army Air Field 4120:McCook Army Air Field 4001:Deming Army Air Field 3989:Clovis Army Air Field 3964:, Washington, D. C. , 3624:) from 1990 to 1991. 3565:, Azores (Portugal); 3519:were also located in 3481:: 1 Mar – 16 Oct 1948 3354:Strategic Air Command 2919:Mather Air Force Base 2850:force. Based on the 2807: 2557:LGM-30G Minuteman III 2496:Tan Son Nhut Air Base 2390: 2381:KC-97 Stratofreighter 2273: 2265: 2259:on 2 September 1962. 2231:FB-111As in formation 2228: 2198: 2190: 2181:Operation Chrome Dome 2152:Airborne Command Post 2100:KC-97 Stratofreighter 1964: 1948: 1858: 1846: 1689: 1674: 1575:Joint Chiefs of Staff 1419: 1407:11th Bombardment Wing 1405: 1393: 1226:Larson Air Force Base 1153:Turner Air Force Base 1066:Loring Air Force Base 1023:George Air Force Base 985:Hunter Air Force Base 971:Travis Air Force Base 946:Castle Air Force Base 932:Offutt Air Force Base 925:Forbes Air Force Base 921:Topeka Air Force Base 885:Loring Air Force Base 843:Cannon Air Force Base 831:Castle Air Force Base 720:B-17G Flying Fortress 709:Joint Chiefs of Staff 580:Cannon Air Force Base 570:Castle Air Force Base 506:Strategic Air Command 486: 457:Air Transport Command 346:'s European command, 326: 208:Strategic Air Command 128:Offutt Air Force Base 46:Strategic Air Command 10119:Aeronautical ratings 9718:Three-star generals 9559:Russell E. Dougherty 9186:Convair B-58 Hustler 6672:(27 September 1991) 6632:. Stratofortress.org 6305:Yenne, Bill (1992). 6054:4 April 2013 at the 6038:LGM-118A Peacekeeper 5993:on 21 September 2013 5710:(9 September 1959), 5708:Secretary of Defense 5340:. Schiffer Pub Ltd. 4808:on 13 November 2005. 4324:Broyhill, Marvin T. 4150:Pueblo Army Air Base 4144:Pratt Army Air Field 4037:Gowen Army Air Field 3983:Chico Army Air Field 3833:Fortress Study Group 3812:Charles A. Lindbergh 3222:Air Mobility Command 3214:Tactical Air Command 3165:On 1 July 1989, the 3130:(transferred to ACC) 3118:(transferred to AMC) 3059:(transferred to AMC) 3018:(transferred to ACC) 2933:Pease Air Force Base 2881:Rockwell B-1B Lancer 2868:LGM-118A Peacekeeper 2818:Rockwell B-1A Lancer 2771:Wright-Patterson AFB 2318:LGM-30F Minuteman II 2247:sectors in the 1961 1975:1st Missile Division 1955:Minot Air Force Base 1927:Tactical Air Command 1734:grew after the 1955 1646:On 15 March 1953, a 1643:en route to Hawaii. 1561:Air Training Command 1534:Wright-Patterson AFB 1344:Wright-Patterson AFB 1240:Minot Air Force Base 1212:Eaker Air Force Base 1160:Beale Air Force Base 1146:Dyess Air Force Base 1114:Pease Air Force Base 1087:Altus Air Force Base 1045:McCoy Air Force Base 992:Ramey Air Force Base 969:, California (later 967:Fairfield-Suisun AFB 960:March Air Force Base 939:Biggs Air Force Base 809:, Washington (later 801:, New Jersey (later 651:Under the first SAC 643:, New Mexico (later 578:, New Mexico (later 568:, California (later 510:U.S. Army Air Forces 465:Air Training Command 453:Tactical Air Command 403:Operation Pointblank 363:U.S. Army Air Forces 278:Air Mobility Command 9916:Numbered Air Forces 9697:Vice Chief of Staff 9146:Rockwell B-1 Lancer 7932:Twentieth Air Force 7927:Sixteenth Air Force 7922:Fifteenth Air Force 7780:RAF Greenham Common 7134:Modern Marvels film 7110:The Strength of SAC 6729:on 19 November 2013 6651:on 19 February 2013 6452:on 1 September 2013 6232:on 29 November 2011 5970:(cites Miller 1961) 5529:End of the Cold War 5323:" (Schaffel p. 194) 5317:Massive retaliation 4675:on 4 September 2012 3995:Davis-Monthan Field 3885:on 16 December 2019 3500:Overseas components 3416:Sixteenth Air Force 3410:Fifteenth Air Force 3347:on 13 December 1944 3332:Twentieth Air Force 3276:B-52 Stratofortress 3226:KC-135 Stratotanker 3146:Seymour Johnson AFB 2912:Carlucci Commission 2848:KC-135 Stratotanker 2661:Clinton-Sherman AFB 2603:B-52D, B-52F, B-52G 2588:Paris Peace Accords 2567:supersonic bomber. 2466:SAC's RBS Squadrons 2445:South Vietnam (RVN) 2438:Operation Arc Light 2377:KC-135 Stratotanker 2349:shot down over Cuba 2310:LGM-30A Minuteman I 2295:Sandia Laboratories 2245:Air Defense Command 2092:Emergency War Order 1787:Sixteenth Air Force 1763:Rhein-Main Air Base 1736:Soviet Aviation Day 1724:massive retaliation 1614:Far East Air Forces 1494:bomber arriving at 1469:Air Defense Command 1332:Seymour Johnson AFB 983:29 September 1950: 728:RB-29 Superfortress 675:Fifteenth Air Force 596:Davis-Monthan Field 459:and the supporting 449:Air Defense Command 395:Fifteenth Air Force 375:VIII Bomber Command 356:Twentieth Air Force 255:Fifteenth Air Force 10274:The U.S. Air Force 10187:Fitness Assessment 10144:Chief of Chaplains 10063:Civilian auxiliary 9812:Air National Guard 9714:Four-star generals 9579:John T. Chain, Jr, 8939:= initial assigned 7765:RAF Bruntingthorpe 6808:Mixer, Ronald E., 6670:Bush, George H. W. 6610:on 1 December 2012 6495:on 29 October 2013 6399:(memorial webpage) 6348:Air Force Magazine 6314:. Presidio Press. 5955:employing SAC and 5862:10.17615/xvz8-0261 5828:on 29 October 2007 5455:on 24 January 2013 5321:John Foster Dulles 4963:Baugher, Joseph F. 4746:on 2 November 2014 4389:. Seeger's Print. 4361:Laurel Leader Call 3485:311th Air Division 3253:United States Navy 3218:Air Combat Command 2810: 2544:the generation of 2542:Third Air Division 2434:saturation bombing 2401: 2301:), Ellsworth AFB ( 2288:increased tensions 2276: 2268: 2233: 2204: 2193: 2104:Air National Guard 1971: 1959: 1916:Gaither Commission 1867: 1853: 1822:RAF Strike Command 1791:numbered air force 1699: 1684: 1568:Emergency War Plan 1523:F-82E Twin Mustang 1515:Radar Bomb Scoring 1434:311th Air Division 1429: 1414: 1400: 1210:, Arkansas (later 1181:1 September 1957: 1071:18 December 1953: 1064:15 February 1953: 1052:Dow Air Force Base 1039:1 September 1951: 1032:, Missouri (later 697:Radar Bomb Scoring 653:Commander in Chief 496: 432:on 14 April 1944. 387:Operation Crossbow 354:(USASTAF) and its 333: 282:Pacific Air Forces 274:Air Combat Command 74:US Army Air Forces 30:For the film, see 10372: 10371: 10157:Air Force Academy 10075: 10074: 9702:Director of Staff 9622: 9621: 9584:George Lee Butler 9549:Bruce K. Holloway 9544:Joseph J. Nazzaro 9510: 9509: 9119: 9118: 9115: 9114: 8926: 8925: 8922: 8921: 8167: 8166: 8152:Strategic missile 7882: 7881: 7878: 7877: 7845:RAF South Ruislip 7800:RAF Upper Heyford 7549: 7548: 7139: 7138: 7122:The Global Shield 7074:Power of Decision 6580:978-0-674059-11-5 6569:Hefner, (2012). 6507:specified command 6485:978-0-16-088135-0 6371:1966 SAC history 6291:Oronogo, Missouri 6226:Air Force History 5893:. Global Security 5379:on 6 October 2012 4968:. JoeBaugher.com. 4076:Headquarters Area 3921:on 2 October 2013 3875:978-1-4379-2131-1 3496: 3495: 3479:58th Air Division 3467:21st Air Division 3305:Ashland, Nebraska 3202:George H. W. Bush 3077:(closed by BRAC) 2921:, California, an 2715:Davis-Monthan AFB 2697:Mountain Home AFB 2576:Seventh Air Force 2523:Plaine des Jarres 2492:Seventh Air Force 2325:Richard S. Heyser 2202:supersonic bomber 1935:28th Air Division 1625:F-84G Thunderjets 1606:close air support 1566:SAC also created 1527:F-84G Thunderjets 1458:56th Fighter Wing 1442:82nd Fighter Wing 1199:1 February 1958: 1185:, Indiana (later 1106:1 February 1955: 1099:1 February 1955: 1092:1 February 1955: 1078:1 February 1954: 1043:, Florida (later 997:1 February 1951: 990:1 November 1950: 976:1 November 1949: 740:Chukchi Peninsula 626:Mountain Home AAF 618:, Florida (later 598:, Arizona (later 420:and those of the 391:Twelfth Air Force 202: 201: 136:21 October 1946: 126:9 November 1948: 16:(Redirected from 10442: 10361: 10360: 10260:Army Air Service 10252:Aviation Section 10067:Civil Air Patrol 9797: 9796: 9785: 9784: 9649: 9642: 9635: 9626: 9625: 9603: 9602: 9564:Richard H. 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Warren AFB 3047:(closed by BRAC) 3035:(closed by BRAC) 2872:LGM-25C Titan II 2831:(BMEWS) and all 2759:Rickenbacker AFB 2651:closure in 1993) 2607:KC-135A, KC-135Q 2531: 2528: 2504:AGM-28 Hound Dog 2494:headquarters at 2453:AGM-28 Hound Dog 2393:SR-71 Blackbirds 2314:LGM-25C Titan II 2171: 2170: 2166: 2163: 2052:Presque Isle AFB 1996:Command Post at 1931:Exercise Fir Fly 1773:fighters of the 1473:Eastern Seaboard 1438:4th Fighter Wing 1334:, North Carolina 1280:1 October 1979: 1259:1 October 1968: 1252:1 January 1964: 1224:1 January 1960: 1192:1 January 1958: 1110:, New Hampshire 1057:5 January 1953: 937:1 October 1948: 930:1 October 1948: 923:, Kansas (later 690:Eighth Air Force 669:73d Air Division 661:Second Air Force 657:George C. 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Davis 9506: 9457:Beechcraft C-45 9443: 9429:Lockheed HC-130 9395: 9352: 9271: 9230: 9211:Lockheed DC-130 9202: 9195: 9128: 9126: 9111: 9094: 9071: 9066:509th Composite 8942: 8941:unit upon SAC's 8940: 8938: 8935: 8934: 8932: 8918: 8720: 8684: 8649: 8591: 8558: 8452: 8379: 8163: 8147: 8085: 8079: 7936: 7891: 7874: 7728: 7607:Clinton-Sherman 7555: 7545: 7492: 7445:Seymour Johnson 7208: 7193: 7182: 7129: 7117: 7105: 7093: 7081: 7069: 7057: 7045: 7028: 7012: 7001: 6994: 6990: 6965: 6945:Wayback Machine 6917: 6915:Further reading 6912: 6911: 6904: 6900: 6890: 6888: 6884: 6878: 6874: 6864: 6862: 6854: 6853: 6846: 6836: 6834: 6833:on 18 July 2012 6821: 6820: 6816: 6807: 6790: 6786: 6776: 6774: 6766: 6765: 6761: 6755:Wayback Machine 6748:SAC Elite Guard 6746: 6742: 6732: 6730: 6717: 6716: 6712: 6702: 6700: 6699:on 19 June 2015 6691: 6690: 6686: 6681:Wayback Machine 6668: 6664: 6654: 6652: 6643: 6642: 6635: 6633: 6628: 6627: 6623: 6613: 6611: 6592: 6588: 6581: 6567: 6563: 6553: 6551: 6547: 6546: 6542: 6535: 6531: 6498: 6496: 6492: 6486: 6475: 6469: 6465: 6455: 6453: 6444: 6443: 6436: 6426: 6424: 6421: 6413: 6409: 6398: 6394: 6393: 6389: 6382: 6378: 6370: 6363: 6353: 6351: 6342: 6336: 6332: 6322: 6311: 6303: 6299: 6265: 6263: 6259: 6255: 6254: 6245: 6235: 6233: 6220: 6219: 6215: 6203: 6199: 6179: 6177: 6176:on 13 July 2013 6169: 6162: 6158: 6157: 6146: 6133: 6131: 6127: 6121: 6120: 6116: 6102: 6100: 6096: 6090: 6086: 6076: 6074: 6066: 6065: 6061: 6056:Wayback Machine 6045:Wayback Machine 6026:. USAF website. 6023: 6019: 6018: 6007: 5996: 5994: 5990: 5983: 5979: 5978: 5974: 5939: 5937: 5928: 5927: 5923: 5915: 5911: 5910: 5906: 5896: 5894: 5887: 5880: 5866: 5864: 5848: 5841: 5831: 5829: 5820: 5819: 5815: 5805: 5803: 5796: 5792: 5781: 5780: 5776: 5762: 5760: 5752: 5748: 5747: 5743: 5730: 5723: 5719: 5705: 5701: 5697:, pp. 283–284.) 5688: 5679: 5675: 5661: 5659: 5655: 5649: 5645: 5636: 5629: 5618: 5614: 5604: 5602: 5598: 5592: 5588: 5573: 5569: 5559: 5557: 5548: 5547: 5543: 5536:Wayback Machine 5525:Wayback Machine 5514:Wayback Machine 5503:Wayback Machine 5480:James Edmundson 5477: 5473: 5472: 5468: 5458: 5456: 5441: 5437: 5425: 5421: 5411: 5409: 5401: 5397: 5396: 5392: 5382: 5380: 5371: 5370: 5366: 5359: 5355: 5348: 5334: 5327: 5311: 5307: 5302: 5298: 5288: 5286: 5284: 5268: 5264: 5257: 5243: 5234: 5224: 5222: 5214: 5213: 5209: 5186:10.2307/2626731 5170: 5159: 5143: 5142: 5133:Fifth Air Force 5110: 5099: 5091: 5082: 5072: 5070: 5068: 5052: 5048: 5038: 5036: 5025: 5021: 5011: 5009: 5001: 5000: 4996: 4960: 4949: 4942: 4931: 4927: 4917: 4915: 4897: 4890: 4883: 4861: 4852: 4842: 4840: 4826: 4820: 4813: 4796: 4789: 4779: 4777: 4776:on 3 March 2016 4764: 4763: 4759: 4749: 4747: 4738: 4737: 4733: 4713: 4712: 4708: 4678: 4676: 4672: 4665: 4661: 4660: 4653: 4643: 4641: 4633: 4632: 4628: 4618: 4616: 4614: 4603: 4601:Air Force Bases 4597: 4590: 4569: 4567: 4563: 4557: 4544: 4534: 4532: 4524: 4523: 4519: 4514: 4510: 4487:10.2307/2538995 4471: 4467: 4452:10.2307/1894674 4436: 4427: 4417: 4415: 4407: 4406: 4402: 4383: 4379: 4366: 4364: 4353: 4349: 4331: 4329: 4322: 4318: 4304: 4302: 4295: 4289: 4280: 4270: 4268: 4261: 4257: 4246:Boyne, Walter J 4243: 4236: 4066:, New Hampshire 3924: 3922: 3918: 3910: 3909: 3905: 3888: 3886: 3882: 3876: 3865: 3857: 3850: 3843: 3825: 3821: 3795: 3793: 3786: 3772: 3757: 3747: 3745: 3744:on 18 July 2012 3741: 3733: 3732: 3728: 3715: 3713: 3709: 3705: 3704: 3700: 3693: 3679: 3675: 3665: 3663: 3651: 3647: 3642: 3630: 3497: 3449:3d Air Division 3389: 3343:Established as 3340: 3297: 3163: 3134:Plattsburgh AFB 3069:Grand Forks AFB 2904: 2892:"black program" 2856:KC-10A Extender 2691:Little Rock AFB 2634:This included: 2631: 2529: 2411: 2406: 2357:Rudolf Anderson 2308:The solid fuel 2284:John F. Kennedy 2230: 2216:Bunker Hill AFB 2174:general officer 2168: 2164: 2161: 2159: 2138:Lubyanka Prison 2060:Royal Air Force 1943: 1841: 1830: 1814:Royal Air Force 1775:Royal Air Force 1751:RB-57D Canberra 1703:swept-wing B-47 1696:Pooler, Georgia 1669: 1660:Hokkaido Island 1623:refueled sixty 1583: 1492:B-36 Peacemaker 1446:307th Bomb Wing 1388: 1295: 1217:1 August 1958: 1177: 1144:, Texas (later 1140:15 April 1956: 1130:, Massachusetts 1119:15 March 1955: 1111: 1028:1 August 1951: 1002: 951:21 March 1949: 908: 795:B-36 Peacemaker 771:Berlin Blockade 767:Harry S. Truman 628:, Idaho (later 588:, Texas (later 503: 481: 422:Royal Air Force 383:Ninth Air Force 321: 205: 174: 143:21 March 1946: 142: 135: 134: 102: 100: 86: 84: 71: 70: 58: 39: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 10448: 10438: 10437: 10432: 10427: 10422: 10417: 10412: 10407: 10402: 10397: 10392: 10387: 10370: 10369: 10367: 10366: 10353: 10350: 10349: 10347: 10346: 10341: 10336: 10331: 10326: 10317: 10312: 10307: 10302: 10297: 10292: 10287: 10285:Airman's Creed 10282: 10280:Air Force Band 10277: 10270: 10264:Army Air Corps 10245: 10239: 10237: 10231: 10230: 10228: 10227: 10222: 10217: 10212: 10207: 10201: 10199: 10193: 10192: 10190: 10189: 10184: 10179: 10174: 10172:Basic Training 10169: 10164: 10159: 10152: 10151: 10146: 10141: 10136: 10131: 10126: 10121: 10116: 10114:Specialty Code 10111: 10110: 10109: 10104: 10099: 10091: 10085: 10083: 10077: 10076: 10073: 10072: 10070: 10069: 10060: 10059: 10058: 10053: 10043: 10042: 10041: 10031: 10030: 10029: 10018: 10015: 10014: 10012: 10011: 10006: 10001: 9996: 9991: 9986: 9981: 9976: 9971: 9966: 9961: 9956: 9951: 9946: 9941: 9936: 9931: 9926: 9920: 9918: 9912: 9911: 9909: 9908: 9906:USAFE–AFAFRICA 9903: 9898: 9893: 9888: 9883: 9878: 9873: 9868: 9862: 9860: 9858:Major commands 9854: 9853: 9851: 9850: 9845: 9840: 9834: 9832: 9828: 9827: 9825: 9824: 9819: 9814: 9809: 9803: 9801: 9794: 9788: 9787: 9780: 9778: 9776: 9775: 9774: 9773: 9768: 9758: 9757: 9756: 9751: 9741: 9740: 9739: 9734: 9729: 9724: 9716: 9711: 9710: 9709: 9704: 9699: 9694: 9692:Chief of Staff 9684: 9683: 9682: 9677: 9666: 9664: 9660: 9659: 9652: 9651: 9644: 9637: 9629: 9620: 9619: 9614: 9611: 9610: 9608: 9607: 9596: 9594: 9590: 9589: 9587: 9586: 9581: 9576: 9574:Larry D. Welch 9571: 9566: 9561: 9556: 9551: 9546: 9541: 9536: 9531: 9526: 9520: 9518: 9512: 9511: 9508: 9507: 9505: 9504: 9499: 9494: 9489: 9484: 9479: 9474: 9469: 9464: 9459: 9453: 9451: 9445: 9444: 9442: 9441: 9436: 9431: 9426: 9421: 9416: 9411: 9405: 9403: 9397: 9396: 9394: 9393: 9388: 9383: 9378: 9373: 9368: 9362: 9360: 9358:Reconnaissance 9354: 9353: 9351: 9350: 9345: 9340: 9335: 9330: 9325: 9320: 9315: 9310: 9305: 9300: 9295: 9290: 9285: 9279: 9277: 9273: 9272: 9270: 9269: 9264: 9259: 9254: 9249: 9244: 9238: 9236: 9232: 9231: 9229: 9228: 9223: 9218: 9213: 9207: 9205: 9197: 9196: 9194: 9193: 9188: 9183: 9178: 9173: 9168: 9163: 9158: 9153: 9148: 9142: 9140: 9131: 9121: 9120: 9117: 9116: 9113: 9112: 9110: 9109: 9102: 9100: 9099:Reconnaissance 9096: 9095: 9093: 9092: 9086: 9079: 9077: 9073: 9072: 9070: 9069: 9063: 9057: 9051: 9045: 9039: 9033: 9027: 9021: 9015: 9009: 9003: 8997: 8991: 8985: 8979: 8973: 8967: 8961: 8954: 8952: 8945: 8936: 8928: 8927: 8924: 8923: 8920: 8919: 8917: 8916: 8911: 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Master 5921: 5904: 5878: 5839: 5813: 5790: 5774: 5757:The Cherokeean 5741: 5717: 5699: 5689:JCS Hist Div, 5673: 5643: 5627: 5612: 5586: 5567: 5541: 5466: 5435: 5419: 5390: 5364: 5353: 5346: 5325: 5305: 5296: 5282: 5262: 5255: 5245:Lloyd (2000). 5232: 5207: 5157: 5125:Itazuke, Japan 5108: 5080: 5066: 5046: 5035:Public Affairs 5019: 4994: 4947: 4940: 4925: 4905:The New Yorker 4888: 4881: 4850: 4837:B-47 Stratojet 4811: 4787: 4757: 4731: 4719:(published in 4706: 4700:(the fort had 4651: 4626: 4612: 4588: 4582:French Morocco 4542: 4517: 4508: 4465: 4425: 4400: 4377: 4347: 4316: 4278: 4255: 4234: 4232: 4231: 4225: 4219: 4216: 4213: 4207: 4206:, South Dakota 4201: 4195: 4189: 4183: 4177: 4174: 4168: 4165: 4159: 4158:, South Dakota 4153: 4147: 4141: 4138:Peterson Field 4135: 4129: 4123: 4117: 4111: 4105: 4103: 4100: 4094: 4088: 4085: 4079: 4073: 4067: 4061: 4058: 4052: 4046: 4040: 4034: 4028: 4022: 4016: 4010: 4004: 3998: 3992: 3986: 3980: 3977: 3971: 3968: 3965: 3959: 3953: 3950: 3944: 3938: 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South Dakota 858: 852: 846: 840: 834: 827: 825:consisted of: 817:, Utah (later 815:Wendover Field 736:Project Nanook 716:C-45 Expeditor 649: 648: 641:Kirtland Field 634: 633: 623: 613: 606:Rapid City AAF 603: 593: 586:Fort Worth AAF 583: 573: 558: 557: 550:Smoky Hill AAF 547: 480: 477: 469:Air University 320: 317: 253:(8AF) and the 203: 200: 199: 192: 188: 187: 183: 182: 176: 170: 169: 165: 164: 161: 157: 156: 153: 149: 148: 124: 120: 119: 116: 112: 111: 98: 94: 93: 82: 78: 77: 64: 60: 59: 56: 48: 47: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 10447: 10436: 10433: 10431: 10428: 10426: 10423: 10421: 10418: 10416: 10413: 10411: 10408: 10406: 10403: 10401: 10398: 10396: 10393: 10391: 10388: 10386: 10383: 10382: 10380: 10365: 10364: 10355: 10354: 10351: 10345: 10342: 10340: 10337: 10335: 10332: 10330: 10327: 10325: 10324:Air Force Two 10321: 10320:Air Force One 10318: 10316: 10313: 10311: 10308: 10306: 10303: 10301: 10298: 10296: 10293: 10291: 10288: 10286: 10283: 10281: 10278: 10275: 10271: 10269: 10265: 10261: 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