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Strategic Air Command

The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was a United States Air Force command responsible for the nation's strategic nuclear deterrence.

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The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was a United States Air Force command responsible for the nation's strategic nuclear deterrence. In the mid-1950s, SAC's American missiles and bombers were used to target and map Soviet sites, utilizing intelligence gathered by the U-2 Spy Plane.1

  1. Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. Chapter 4.

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