| Strategic Air Command | |
|---|---|
 Shield of Strategic Air Command | |
| Active | 1947–1992: US Air Force 1946–1947: US Army Air Forces |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Type | Major Command / Specified Command |
| Garrison/HQ | 9 November 1948: Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska 21 October 1946: Andrews Field, Maryland 21 March 1946: Bolling Field, District of Columbia |
| Motto(s) | "Peace is Our Profession" |
| March | "Strategic Air Command March"[1] |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Gen Curtis LeMay |
| Insignia | |
| Shield (subdued) |  |
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. SAC was also responsible for strategic reconnaissance aircraft; airborne command posts; and most of the USAF's aerial refueling aircraft.
SAC primarily consisted of the Second Air Force (2AF), Eighth Air Force (8AF) and the Fifteenth Air Force (15AF), while SAC headquarters (HQ SAC) included Directorates for Operations & Plans, Intelligence, Command & Control, Maintenance, Training, Communications, and Personnel. At a lower echelon, SAC headquarters divisions included Aircraft Engineering, Missile Concept,[3] and Strategic Communications.
In 1992, as part of an overall post-Cold War reorganization of the U.S. Air Force, SAC was disestablished as both a Specified Command and as a MAJCOM, and its personnel and equipment redistributed among the Air Combat Command (ACC), Air Mobility Command (AMC), Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), and Air Education and Training Command (AETC), while SAC's central headquarters complex at Offutt AFB, Nebraska was concurrently transferred to the newly created United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), which was established as a joint Unified Combatant Command to replace SAC's Specified Command role.
In 2009, SAC was reactivated and redesignated as the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). AFGSC eventually acquired all USAF bomber aircraft and the intercontinental ballistic missile force.[4]
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Chief, Missile Concept Division, Headquarters, Strategic Air Command
- ^ "Fact Sheet: Air Force Global Strike Command". afhra.af.mil. 17 July 2009. Archived from the original (news release) on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2015.