The National Interest on MSN13h
The U.S. Air Force’s Convair B-36 Peacemaker Was a MonsterThe most unique feature of the B-36 was its unusual hybrid propulsion system, combining both propeller and jet engines.
Some airmen think that the airborne alert will be a part of SAC life as long as there are any nuclear bombers in the picture (estimated until 1965). Costly as it is, the airborne alert is an ...
a wonder of organizational achievement that keeps a rotating one-third of SAC bomber forces so sensitized that they can get off within 15 minutes’ notice from any one of at least 65 SAC bases on ...
SAC’s commander, General Thomas S. Power, was a hard-bitten veteran of the B-29 bomber campaign against Japan in World War II; his wartime superior and predecessor at SAC, Curtis E. LeMay ...
Someone broke into a historic Nike missile defense site outside San Francisco, leaving extensive damage, National Park ...
Not just the B-47 but a long list of tactical fighter-bombers would employ the startling new maneuver, which was called toss bombing. In 1952 the Strategic Air Command had identified more major ...
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