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  2. Curtis LeMay - Wikipedia

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    Air Force Chief of Staff General Curtis E. LeMay with U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Strategic Air Command's Commander General Thomas S. Power at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Following service as USAF Vice Chief of Staff (1957–1961), LeMay was made the fifth Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force on the retirement of Gen Thomas ...

  3. List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command

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    Designated as Commanding General 2: Gen Curtis LeMay: 19 October 1948: 30 June 1957 (1906–1993) Designated as Commanding General (1948–1953) and Commander (1953–1957) Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (1957-1961) Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (1961-1965) 3: Gen Thomas S. Power: 1 July 1957: 30 November ...

  4. Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum - Wikipedia

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    General Curtis LeMay's vision of a museum that preserved historic aircraft had become a reality. Over the following years, the outdoor museum's name changed to the Strategic Air Command Museum or SAC Museum. Ownership of the museum transferred from the Air Force to the state of Nebraska in 1970. [1]

  5. Thomas S. Power - Wikipedia

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    Then came assignments as deputy assistant chief of air staff for operations in Washington and a period of air attaché duty in London, prior to his transfer to the Strategic Air Command as vice commander in 1948. During the next six years, Power assisted General Curtis E. LeMay, then commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command, in building ...

  6. Strategic Air Command - Wikipedia

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    The 1946–1951 SAC patch (above) was replaced by the patch with insignia that won a SAC contest.. The Strategic Air Forces of the United States during World War II included General Carl Spaatz's European command, United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSTAF), consisting of the 8AF and 15AF, and the United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific (USASTAF) and its Twentieth Air Force ...

  7. Single Integrated Operational Plan - Wikipedia

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    Brodie presented his report in April 1951, but JCS found SAC head General Curtis LeMay more persuasive. LeMay objected to the list because of the difficulty of attacking isolated targets and the requirement for pre-attack reconnaissance for many of them.

  8. Strategic Air Command Elite Guard - Wikipedia

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    The Elite Guard was formed under a signed order from General Curtis LeMay, who was instrumental in modernizing USAF security forces in general and the Strategic Air Command in particular. At the creation of the USAF in 1947, aircraft were normally guarded by security detachments formed from airdrome or air base squadrons.

  9. United States Strategic Command - Wikipedia

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    Providing national leadership with a single command responsible for all strategic nuclear forces, General George Butler, in establishing the new command, borrowed from the work of General Curtis LeMay, an early commander of Strategic Air Command. LeMay was a very vocal advocate for a strong national defense, particularly as regards nuclear weapons.