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The officer previously oversaw the central air command, leading operations in the centre of the country.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2024
Yurii Ihnat, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s air command, told reporters in Kyiv Tuesday that all the hypersonic missiles had been tracked and destroyed thanks to the new Western-supplied air defense systems.
From Washington Times ● May 16, 2023
Ukraine’s air command said 33 missiles were fired in all — 17 missiles from “at least 10” bombers from Russia’s strategic air command, and 16 missiles from ships in the Black Sea.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2022
Some of the missiles were fired from Russian long-range Tu-22 bombers deployed from Belarus for the first time, Ukraine’s air command said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2022
After the war, the Norfolk Naval Base confirmed its command of the Atlantic Fleet and was appointed the headquarters of the navy’s air command.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
“One of the challenges is you can deplete these really quickly,” said Kelly Grieco, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center think tank who used to teach at the Air Command and Staff College.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
Plus the formation of The Joint Nordic Air Command, which brings together Finland's, Sweden's, Norway's and Denmark's 250 front-line combat aircraft under a joined up command structure, with flexible basing and backed by shared intelligence.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
Strategic Air Command crews taxied B-52 bombers to their runways and loaded them with dummy bombs that looked remarkably like the real thing.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2022
She was the first female to command an all-male squadron with the Strategic Air Command.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2021
At the Air Force’s Strategic Air Command headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, the SAC commander marched down a concrete ramp into the earth.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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