01056917 4-2062-1A SECRET 2435840 01-01-1957 2436020 06-30-1957

STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND

HISTORY K416.01-68 V.1 VOL I 0000038063 939 20 2446301 08-23-1985 MONOGRAPH CAMEOS THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND'S EVENTS PERTAINING TO THE VARIED PROBLEMS OF INTEGRATING NEW WEAPONS SYSTEMS, I. E., B-52 AIRCRAFT, KC-135 AIRCRAFT AND STRATEGIC MISSILES INTO THE COMBAT INVENTORY, DEVELOPING AN ALERT FORCE, PLANNING FOR DISPERSAL OF AIRCRAFT TO LESSEN THE BOMBER FORCES' VULNERABILITY AND THE MAJOR PROBLEM FACING THE COMMAND, RETENTION OF SKILLED PERSONNEL. CHAPTER ONE BEGINS WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE: COMMAND MISSION; STRUCTURE OF THE COMMAND; PERSONNEL RETENTION; PERSONNEL TRAINING POLICIES; PROJECT PILOT WAIVERS; AND THE CORDINER COMMITTEE REPORT. CHAPTER TWO CONTINUES WITH DATA ON THE STRATEGIC GLOBAL FORCE: COMBAT READY FORCE; STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND (SAC) STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FORCE; SPECIAL WEAPONS DEVELOPMENTS; EMERGENCY WAR PLANS CAPABILITY AND OPERATION CONCEPTS; HEAVY BOMBARDMENT FORCE SUCH AS THE B-36 AIRCRAFT, RB-36 AIRCRAFT, PROJECT "LONG RANGE," AND B-52 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM; MEDIUM BOMBARDMENT FORCE; THE RECONNAISSANCE FORCE THAT INCLUDES A DISCUSSION OF THE 55 STRATEGIC RECONNAISSANCE WING, THE 4080 STRATEGIC RECONNAISSANCE WING, INSPECTION OF 801 AIR DIVISION, THE INDIRECT BOMB DAMAGE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, THE K-17C CAMERA, AND THE AN/AWA-2 POSITION MARK GENERATOR; STRATEGIC FIGHTER FORCE; AIR REFUELING FORCE OBJECTIVES AND PROCEDURES, COMPOSITION AND COMBAT CAPABILITY, KC-135 AIRCRAFT TANKER CONVERSION PROGRAM AND THE PHASE OUT OF THE KC-29 AIRCRAFT TANKER PROGRAM; STRATEGIC SUPPORT FORCE; STRATEGIC WINGS; AVIATION DEPOT WINGS; SAC ALERT CONCEPT TESTING; DISPERSAL CONCEPT; MISSILE PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES THE ORGANIZATION AND PLANNING, SURFACE TO SURFACE MISSILES SUCH AS SNARK MISSILE SM-62, NAVAHO MISSILES SM-64A,ATLAS MISSILES SM-68, THOR MISSILES SM-75, GOOSE MISSILES SM-73 AND THE MISSILE SITE SELECTION PROGRAM; AND AIR TO SURFACE MISSILES SUCH AS THE RASCAL MISSILE GAM-63, THE B-52 AIR TO SURFACE MISSILE, THE QUAIL MISSILE GAM-72 AND THE CROSSBOW MISSILE GAM-67. CHAPTER THREE CONCLUDES THE DISCUSSION WITH DATA PERTAINING TO BASES AND FACILITIES, NUCLEAR WEAPONS STORAGE FACILITIES, NORTHEAST AIR BASES OF SAC, OPERATION OF OVERSEAS FACILITIES AND FAMILY AND BACHELOR HOUSING. RD HISTORICAL STUDY NO. 68. DOWNGRADED FROM TOP SECRET TO SECRET ON 4 FEB 84, FORMER CALL NO. WAS TS 3513. FORWARD WRITTEN BY A. W. PAUL, MAJOR, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, CHIEF, HISTORICAL DIVISION, OFFICE OF INFORMATION, STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND. PREPARED BY THE RESEARCH AND WRITING BRANCH CONTRIBUTING HISTORIANS: MR. E. R. CAYWOOD, MR. J. V. STAAVEREN, MR. R. KIPP AND TSGT A. SCOTT. ALSO INCLUDES CHARTS 1 THROUGH 7.