Strategic Air Command

American

noun

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

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B-52 bombers, the backbone of the Air Force’s Strategic Air Command, were produced here, too.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

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

Gen. Curtis LeMay was the U.S. commander of the airlift, and its success got him promoted to run the new Strategic Air Command, which was in charge of the U.S. atomic arsenal.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 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

Once I had run away to the Strategic Air Command Base in a nearby town to see if they would allow me to become a pilot.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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