---
tags:
  - Organization
  - Military
  - USA
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was a United States Air Force command responsible for the nation's strategic nuclear deterrence."
start: 1946
end: 1992
location: "Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska"
---
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]

### Footnotes

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