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Strategic Air Command

American  

noun

  1. a U.S. Air Force command charged with intercontinental air strikes, especially nuclear attacks.


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We knew about the bombers of Strategic Air Command, too.

From Seattle Times Oct. 31, 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

The Strategic Air Command raised its nuclear alert levels to the highest level.

From Slate Feb. 18, 2021

So, on the way to getting a judgment on that I served at an Air Base in California called Castle Air Base, which was the training base for Strategic Air Command.

From MSNBC Oct. 9, 2019

If the order to attack was to come, it would be in the form of a six-character string of letters and numbers sent by radio from Strategic Air Command in Omaha.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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