Curtis LeMay: World War II bomber, cold warrior, and judo champion

Judo was the answer. In 1950, LeMay ordered Lt. Gen. Thomas Power to stand up an experimental physical conditioning unit at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. The program combined preflight ...
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This Day in History - November 9: Strategic Air Command moves headquarters to Offutt Air Force Base

November 9, 1948 - At 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 9, 1948, Offutt Airforce Base gained national prominence as it became the home of Strategic Air Command headquarters. The U.S. Air Force Secretary chose Offutt ...
Odisha Diary

Air Chief Marshal AP Singh Presides Over SAC Commanders’ Conference

Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, Chief of the Air Staff, presided over the annual SAC Commanders’ Conference of the Indian Air Force on Monday. Organised under the theme ‘Operational ...
Washington Examiner

Cyber Command Rips Off SAC?

I know a few venerable Strategic Air Command warriors who will be more than a little peeved when they see the new Air Force Cyber Command unit patch. Resentment at proposed Cyber Command patch: Cyber ...
WOWT.com

Meet Clayton Anderson, Nebraska’s only astronaut

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska’s only astronaut is back in his hometown of Ashland. He’s the new president and CEO of the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum. “I think astronaut has been ...
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ocr SAC Alert Operations Lo-Res - "Alert Operations and the Strategic Air Command 1957-1991", Office of the Historian, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base ...

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