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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
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
Ukraine’s air command said Russian long-range Tu-22 bombers were deployed from Belarus for the first time.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 25, 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
Mind you, the Air Force's Strategic Air Command was lobbying for 10,000 ICBMs so it could have been worse!
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2022
In 1946, the army decided to make Langley Field the headquarters of its Tactical Air Command, one of the major commands of the US Army Air Corps.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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