New mission “solidifies Beale’s role in our national defense (and) brings new technology and investment to our region.” ...

SAC had become a comfortable Air Force-subsidized flying club, where discipline was slack, standards low, and procedures wildly variant. LeMay began an intensive effort to acquire modern aircraft ...

John Dowd Sometimes, people who have not served in the military look at service through the lens of action movies and ...

When the B-36 entered service with the U.S. Air Force in 1948, the bomber served as the primary nuclear weapons delivery aircraft of Strategic Air Command (SAC)—a role that the B-36 would ...

Famed stunt pilot Rob Holland died Thursday when his plane crashed at a US Air Force Base in Virginia days before an upcoming air show. The crash occurred around 11:39 a.m. when Holland’s ...

Melvin G. Deaile, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel who flew bombing missions during Desert Storm, is the author of Always at War. The book, a history of the Strategic Air Command, provides a ...