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The site of D-Q was previously used as a United States Strategic Air Command Communication Center. After the federal government decommissioned the site,

...United States Secretary of Defense, Neil McElroy, which suggested that the Strategic Air Command formally be assigned the responsibility to prepare the national nuclear tar ...their existing plans. In early November 1960, he sent Kistiakowsky to the Strategic Air Command (SAC) Headquarters in Omaha to evaluate the SAC war plans. Initially, Kisti

...isenhower]], in 1959, asserted his authority over the largely autonomous [[Strategic Air Command]]; Eisenhower's initiative, managed by presidential science advisor [[Georg

...Reserves.<ref name=AFlinkB52 /> The first of 102 B-52H's was delivered to Strategic Air Command in May 1961. The H model can carry up to 20 [[AGM-86 ALCM]] air launched cr ...ine-launched ballistic missile that would give only minutes to launch, the Strategic Air Command put one-third of the force onto 15-minute alert, starting in October 1957.

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...ld War II period. By the 1950s around 5,500 targets were listed to receive Strategic Air Command|SAC bomber strikes; these targets consisted primarily of industrial sites b Eisenhower sent Kistiakowsky to Strategic Air Command (SAC) headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska (U.S. state)|Nebras

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...America had far more weapons capable of reaching the Soviet homeland. The Strategic Air Command (SAC) had 200 ICBMs (126 [[Atlas (missile)|Atlas]], approximately 60 [[Tita

...dies}}</ref> Peterson was especially aware of the potential, given that [[Strategic Air Command]] headquarters was in Omaha, Nebraska. Evacuation became the new approach,

The first radar drop guidance used the [[Strategic Air Command]] [[MSQ-77|AN/MSQ-77]] radar bombing scoring system, which was precise eno

...ear command networks started as early as the 1963 SACCS, specific to the [[Strategic Air Command]].<ref name=SAC>{{citation

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...ational Plan]] issued in 1962, before the U.S. Air Force, specifically the Strategic Air Command of LeMay and his successors, would make the ''de facto'' decision to use nu

...hese remained under the control of Pacific Command, or, in some cases, the Strategic Air Command.

...ivery of nuclear weapons to Soviet targets was the responsibility of the [[Strategic Air Command]], which, in the 1950s, was principally a [[bomber aircraft|bomber]] force. ...at the Air Force-Navy rivalry, and the unwillingness of the Air Force's [[Strategic Air Command]] (SAC) to accept civilian guidance. After his science advisor, [[George Ki

...all radars on the Soviet landmass became known to NSA. They informed the [[Strategic Air Command]] with the technical details and locations of air defense radars, which wen | last = Strategic Air Command

...all radars on the Soviet landmass became known to NSA. They informed the [[Strategic Air Command]] with the technical details and locations of air defense radars, which wen

...Air Force Base]], California, in January 1966. The United States Air Force Strategic Air Command had SR-71 Blackbirds in service from 1966 through 1991.

By 1957 when American Strategic Air Command (SAC) was finally up to speed, and an air defense network or radars and fig