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.

The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, commonly known as the “Six Triple Eight,” will be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new military command will be formed this year to handle strategic operations aimed at enhancing deterrence against security ...