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Strategic Air Command

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noun

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


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The Strategic Air Command raised its nuclear alert levels to the highest level.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2021

Strategic Air Command, indicating that the American military is keenly aware of the escalatory risks of any large-scale U.S.-Russian encounter in the Arctic.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2020

So, on the way to getting a judgment on that I served at an Air Base in California called Castle Air Base, which was the training base for Strategic Air Command.

From MSNBC • Oct. 9, 2019

When Gen. Curtis LeMay whipped a motley postwar bomber force into the fearsome Strategic Air Command, it depended on American proficiency in midair refueling.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2019

At the Air Force’s Strategic Air Command headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, the SAC commander marched down a concrete ramp into the earth.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin