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Strategic Air Command
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Strategic Air Command was a Cold War-era United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber a
Boeing B-47B Stratojet executing a rocket-assisted take off (RATO) on 15 April 1954
Boeing B-47B Stratojet executing a rocket-assisted take off (RATO) on 15 April 1954
11th Bombardment Wing Convair B-36J-5-CF Peacemaker, AF Ser. No. 52-2225, circa 1955, showing "Six turnin', four burnin'".
11th Bombardment Wing Convair B-36J-5-CF Peacemaker, AF Ser. No. 52-2225, circa 1955, showing "Six turnin', four burnin'".
93 BW B-52Bs at Castle AFB after the 1957 fastest round-the-world flight.
93 BW B-52Bs at Castle AFB after the 1957 fastest round-the-world flight.
Strategic Air Command logo on a B-47 on display at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Pooler, Georgia
Strategic Air Command logo on a B-47 on display at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Pooler, Georgia
Curtis LeMay
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Curtis Emerson LeMay was a US Air Force general who was a key American military commander during World War II and the Cold War, including the Korean War. He served as Chief of Staff of the United Stat
Strategic Air Command
…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 Curtis LeMay. Upon LeMay's assumption of command, SAC had only 60 nuclear-capable aircraft, none of which possessed a realistic long range capability against the…
Official portrait, c. 1950s
Official portrait, c. 1950s
Lieutenant Curtis LeMay in 1929
Lieutenant Curtis LeMay in 1929
In 1938, three B-17s (one navigated by Lt. LeMay) intercept the Italian liner SS Rex, 620 nm at sea.
In 1938, three B-17s (one navigated by Lt. LeMay) intercept the Italian liner SS Rex, 620 nm at sea.
Colonel Curtis LeMay officially congratulates a bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group in front of their B-17 Flying Fortress at Chelveston Airfield, Eng
Colonel Curtis LeMay officially congratulates a bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group in front of their B-17 Flying Fortress at Chelveston Airfield, England, June 2, 1943.