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Altus AFB, Altus, OK (H) 816th Air Division 1958–1962. 816th Strategic Aerospace Division 1962–1965. 11th Air Refueling Wing 1968–1969. 11th Bomb Wing 1957–1962. 11th Strategic Aerospace Wing 1962–1968. 96th Bomb Wing 1953–1957. 340th Air Refueling Wing 1984–1992.
Strategic Air Command ( SAC) was a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile components of the United States military's strategic nuclear forces [ 2] from 1946 to 1992.
Offutt Air Force Base / ˈ ɒ f ʌ t / (IATA: OFF, ICAO: KOFF, FAA LID: OFF) is a U.S. Air Force base south of Omaha, adjacent to Bellevue in Sarpy County, Nebraska.It is the headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), the 557th Weather Wing, and the 55th Wing (55 WG) of the Air Combat Command (ACC), the latter serving as the host unit.
Plattsburgh Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC) base covering 3,447 acres (13.7 km²) in the extreme northeast corner of New York, located on the western shore of Lake Champlain opposite Burlington, Vermont, in the town of Plattsburgh, New York. The base closed on 25 September 1995, pursuant to ...
The United States Strategic Command ( USSTRATCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands in the United States Department of Defense. Headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, USSTRATCOM is responsible for strategic nuclear deterrence, global strike, and operating the Defense Department's Global Information Grid.
Offutt Air Force Base, south of Omaha and adjacent to Bellevue, Nebraska. became the headquarters of the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command in 1948, and continues as the headquarters of U.S. Strategic Command. The museum, then located at Offutt, began with its first airplane in 1959 as the Strategic Aerospace Museum.
HC-130N/P/J, KC-135R, MC-130. LGM-30G [ 8] The Air Combat Command ( ACC) is one of nine Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon. [ 9] It is the primary provider of air combat forces for the Air Force, and it is the direct successor to Tactical Air Command.
Castle Air Force Base ( Castle AFB, 1941–1995) is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base in California, northeast of Atwater, northwest of Merced, and about 115 miles (185 km) south of Sacramento . The Central Valley base in unincorporated Merced County was closed in 1995, pursuant to a Base Realignment and Closure ...