Strategic Air Command

noun

1. a U.S. Air Force command charged with intercontinental air strikes, especially nuclear attacks.

Example Sentences

B-52 bombers, the backbone of the Air Force’s Strategic Air Command, were produced here, too.

From Seattle Times

“For generations, servicemembers from the Midwest have answered the call of duty and served in our nation’s military. Yet, the Midwest – especially since the post-Cold War reduction in the Strategic Air Command – is home to few active-duty military installations,” they wrote.

From Seattle Times

“For generations, servicemembers from the Midwest have answered the call of duty and served in our nation’s military. Yet, the Midwest – especially since the post-Cold War reduction in the Strategic Air Command – is home to few active-duty military installations,” they wrote.

From Washington Times

He later served as a flight instructor at Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama and at Lockbourne Air Force Base near Columbus, Ohio, which by then was integrated, and qualified as a Strategic Air Command B-47 bomber pilot.

From New York Times

We knew about the bombers of Strategic Air Command, too.

From Seattle Times