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

Index List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command

The Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command (CINCSAC) was the most senior officer and head of the Strategic Air Command (SAC). [1]

37 relations: Air Combat Command, Bennie L. Davis, Bruce K. Holloway, Clements McMullen, Curtis LeMay, Donald O. Aldridge, Edgar S. Harris Jr., Francis H. Griswold, General (United States), George D. Miller, George Kenney, George Lee Butler, Glen W. Martin, Hunter Harris Jr., James E. Hill, James M. Keck, John C. Meyer, John Dale Ryan, John P. McConnell, John T. Chain Jr., Joseph J. Nazzaro, Keith K. Compton, Kenneth L. Peek Jr., Larry D. Welch, Leo W. Smith II, Lieutenant general (United States), Lloyd R. Leavitt Jr., Major general (United States), Monroe W. Hatch Jr., Nebraska, Offutt Air Force Base, Richard H. Ellis, Russell E. Dougherty, St. Clair Streett, Strategic Air Command, Thomas S. Power, William J. Campbell (general).

Air Combat Command

Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of ten Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon.

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Bennie L. Davis

Bennie Luke Davis (May 12, 1928September 23, 2012) was a United States Air Force general who served as the commander-in-chief of Strategic Air Command, and as the director of Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff, with its headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

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Bruce K. Holloway

General Bruce Keener Holloway (September 1, 1912 – September 30, 1999) was a United States Air Force general.

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Clements McMullen

Clements McMullen (February 5, 1892 – January 9, 1959) was an American Air Force major general whose last assignment was deputy commander, Strategic Air Command, headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

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Curtis LeMay

Curtis LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was a general in the United States Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of American Independent Party candidate George Wallace in the 1968 presidential election.

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Donald O. Aldridge

Donald O'Neal Aldridge (born July 22, 1932) is a retired Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force.

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Edgar S. Harris Jr.

Edgar Starr Harris Jr. (born May 14, 1925) is a retired American Air Force lieutenant general whose last assignment was commander of Eighth Air Force, Strategic Air Command, with headquarters at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.

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Francis H. Griswold

Francis Hopkinson Griswold (November 5, 1904 – April 11, 1989) was an American Air Force lieutenant general who was commandant of the National War College in Washington, D.C. and vice commander in chief, Strategic Air Command.

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General (United States)

In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, general (abbreviated as GEN in the Army or Gen in the Air Force and Marine Corps) is a four-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-10.

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George D. Miller

George David Miller (born April 5, 1930) is a retired American Air Force lieutenant general whose last assignment was vice commander in chief, Strategic Air Command, headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

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George Kenney

George Churchill Kenney (6 August 1889 – 9 August 1977) was a United States Army Air Forces general during World War II.

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George Lee Butler

George Lee Butler (born June 17, 1939), sometimes known as Lee Butler, was commander in chief, United States Strategic Command, and the last commander of Strategic Air Command.

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Glen W. Martin

Glen Wesley Martin (May 23, 1916 – June 23, 1994) was an American Air Force lieutenant general whose last assignment was vice commander in chief, Strategic Air Command, headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

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Hunter Harris Jr.

Hunter Harris Jr. (November 27, 1909 – March 5, 1987) was a United States Air Force four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Forces (CINCPACAF) from 1964 to 1967.

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James E. Hill

General James Erskine Hill (October 1, 1921 – May 20, 1999) was a World War II flying ace, United States Air Force general, and commander in chief of the North American Air Defense Command and the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Defense Command, with consolidated headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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James M. Keck

James Moulton Keck (September 4, 1921 – June 25, 2018) was an American Air Force lieutenant general whose last assignment was vice commander in chief, Strategic Air Command, headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

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John C. Meyer

General John Charles Meyer (April 3, 1919 – December 2, 1975) was an American World War II flying ace, and later the commander-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) and director of the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

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John Dale Ryan

General John Dale Ryan (December 10, 1915 – October 27, 1983) was the seventh Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.

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John P. McConnell

General John Paul McConnell (February 7, 1908 – November 21, 1986) was the sixth Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.

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John T. Chain Jr.

John Thomas Chain Jr. (born December 11, 1934) is a retired U.S. Air Force General.

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Joseph J. Nazzaro

General Joseph James Nazzaro (March 21, 1913 – February 5, 1990) was commander in chief of Pacific Air Forces with headquarters at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command.

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Keith K. Compton

Keith Karl Compton (December 9, 1915 – June 15, 2004) was a U.S. Air Force lieutenant general who was vice commander in chief, Strategic Air Command, with headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, where he fulfilled the responsibility of the commander in chief, Strategic Air Command, in his absence and acted as his principal assistant and advisor in the formulation of SAC policies, plans and directives.

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Kenneth L. Peek Jr.

Kenneth Leroy Peek Jr. (born July 25, 1932) is a retired American Air Force lieutenant general whose last assignment was vice commander in chief, Strategic Air Command, headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

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Larry D. Welch

General (retired) Larry D. Welch (born June 9, 1934) is a retired United States Air Force four star general who served as the 12th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.

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Leo W. Smith II

Leo W. Smith II (born March 13, 1936) is a retired American Air Force lieutenant general whose last assignment was vice commander in chief, Strategic Air Command, headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

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Lieutenant general (United States)

In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and the United States Air Force, lieutenant general (abbreviated LTG in the Army, Lt Gen in the Air Force, and LtGen in the Marine Corps) is a three-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-9.

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Lloyd R. Leavitt Jr.

Lloyd Richardson Leavitt Jr. (November 18, 1928 – March 14, 2016) was an American Air Force lieutenant general.

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Major general (United States)

In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8.

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Monroe W. Hatch Jr.

Monroe W. Hatch Jr. (born November 20, 1933) is a former general in the United States Air Force and the former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.

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Nebraska

Nebraska is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States.

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Offutt Air Force Base

Offutt Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force installation near Omaha, and lies adjacent to Bellevue in Sarpy County, Nebraska.

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Richard H. Ellis

Richard Hastings Ellis (July 19, 1919March 28, 1989) was a United States Air Force general who served as the commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command and director of the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff with headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

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Russell E. Dougherty

General Russell Elliott Dougherty (November 15, 1920 – September 7, 2007) was commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command and director of strategic target planning (Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff), at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

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St. Clair Streett

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Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command (MAJCOM), responsible for Cold War command and control of two of the three components of the U.S. military's strategic nuclear strike forces, the so-called "nuclear triad," with SAC having control of land-based strategic bomber aircraft and intercontinental ballistic missiles or ICBMs (the third leg of the triad being submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) of the U.S. Navy).

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Thomas S. Power

General Thomas Sarsfield Power (June 18, 1905 – December 6, 1970) was commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command and an active military flier for more than 30 years.

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William J. Campbell (general)

William John Campbell (May 11, 1931 – February 2, 2017) was an American Air Force lieutenant general whose last assignment was vice commander in chief, Strategic Air Command, headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

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Redirects here:

CINC-SAC, CINCSAC.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Strategic_Air_Command

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