The book, a history of the Strategic Air Command, provides a detailed examination of the organization’s deterrent role during the cold war. He spoke with Senior Associate Editor Diane Tedeschi.

HONOLULU— U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Patrick Costello, commanding general of the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC), ...

the bomber served as the primary nuclear weapons delivery aircraft of Strategic Air Command (SAC)—a role that the B-36 would relinquish seven years later to the B-52 Stratofortress, which ...

Poised around the U.S.S.R.’s 37,500-mile perimeter, the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Air Command, a 2,000-bomber force capable in a single sortie of hitting the U.S.S.R. with 2,000 times the ...

In the early years of the cold war, B-47s served as the spearhead of the Strategic Air Command, with the bomber fleet varying in size from 1,000 to more than 1,500 B-47s. We felt that we were the ...

Formerly the U.S. Army Air Forces, both these organizations regularly used long range strike missions. In 2003 the Department of Defense's Strategic Command or STRATCOM got four new jobs. These ...

with over 2,000 units eventually joining the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Air Command (SAC), reaching a peak in the late 1950s. By 1965, however, the B-47 was on its way out, with the more capable ...

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE — The home of the B-2 bomber is being recognized with an award for its commitment to national ...

Indian missiles and drones inflicted heavy damage on at least eight Pakistan Air Force bases and several radar & air defence ...