"A different breed of cat": The foundations of pilot culture -- Shared experiences: the foundations of SAC culture -- Beginnings: The evolution of SAC -- "We are at war now": implementing a new ...

Icon, Vol. 19, Special Issue Playing with Technology: Sports and Leisure (2013), pp. 193-215 (23 pages) After World War II, a newly affluent middle class America enjoyed a rapidly growing pastime: ...

November 29, 2023: The U.S. Air Force is trying to develop the new LGM-35 Sentinel ICBM to replace the LGM-30 Minuteman III. It seemed to be a straightforward task but was not the case. The 35-ton ...

Aug 29, 2019 Aug 29, 2019 Updated Jul 13, 2023 0 A historical overview of Offutt Air Force Base, longtime headquarters of the Strategic Air Command during the Cold War and current headquarters of what ...

Key Points and Summary – A July walk around the B-36J at the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton drives home why America built the Peacemaker: intercontinental reach when allies and bases weren’t ...

A C-17 of the multilateral SAC Heavy Airlift Wing takes off from the SAC's centre of operations at Pápa Air Base in Hungary. (SAC) While tactical airlift remains accessible to some countries through ...

Introduction: Of insanity and icons -- From flying cadet to Aerospace Commander: Early life and career, 1905-54 -- constructing the Aerospace Force: Air research and development command, 1954-57 -- ...