"Peace is our Profession." The proud motto of the Strategic Air Command, redesignated on 21 March 1946 and deactived on 31 May 1992.
The SAC insignia was designed bt SSgt R.T. Barnes of the 92nd Bombardment Wing in 1951. It was part of a Command wide contest that netted SSgt Barnes a $100 US savings bond.
The emblem is as follows: the blue background meant SAC's reach was through the sky and was global in scope. The clouds meant SAC was all weather capable. The mailed fist depicted force, symbolized by the lightning bolts of destruction. The olive branch represents peace.
My goal is to eventally create a full website that will become a reference and tribute to the men and women of the Strategic Air Command. A Command that had bombers, intercontinental missiles, and at one time fighters and transport aircraft. This site will act mainly as a tribute to the units of SAC, and currently there are 600+, all from my personal collection. None are for trade or sale and I do not accept scans, but do accept donations and sale offers of bright colored SAC units. Full credit will be given.
Posted another version of the 340th Bombardment Wing, this with the top "SAC" tab. Here is info via Wikipedia:
340th Bombardment Wing
The Strategic Wing designation was phased out at Bergstrom on 1 September1963 when the 4130th was re-designated the 340th Bombardment Wing. The 340th Bomb Wing consisted of the following operational squadrons:
486th Bombardment Squadron (B-52D)
910th Air Refueling Squadron (KC-135)
The 340th BW was under SAC's 19th Air Division of Eighth Air Force.
In 1969, Bergstrom Air Force Base began an "open house" in conjunction with the Austin Aqua Festival and titled it Aero-Fest. In addition to the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds performing, the gathering showed off many military airplanes and other hardware. A crowd favorite was a Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, which visitors would walk through to get to the main display area. Aero-Fest was an instant success and in just two years, it was drawing 80,000 people to the base.
The 340th continued SAC global strategic bombardment training and air refueling operations until July 1966 when the 340th BW was inactivated and Bergstrom was again transferred to Tactical Air Command. With the inactivation of the 340th BW, Bergstrom's B-52s were sent to the 86th Bombardment Squadron / 22d Bomb Wing at March AFB, California.
Posted a 65th MMS to the Munitions Maintenace album, the 65th MMS supported the 97th Bombardment Wing. Also created a Gaggles album and posted a 42nd BW gaggle from Loring AFB.
Thanks to Tony Murello, he served in two SAC Strategic Fighter Wings, and noted that the 506th SFW was the winner of SAC's only Strategic Fighter Wing Competition in 1956. I have in route a 17th CAMS, 340th Bombardment Wing with top tab, and a 65th Munitions Maintenance Squadron that supported the 97th Bombardment Wing.
Hello. Very slim pickings at the Pomona show, but did find and have now posted a 24th Bombardment Squadron (Walker AFB), a B-36 unit; 436th Strategic Training Squadron; SAC Bomb-Nav 1974 and an 11th Bombardment Wing from Altus AFB. I think postings will be slow, money issues and having to save for other issues will take its toll. I was amazed at the prices (very high) and the selection. As always, Doug Barnard had the best stuff and the most affordable.
For those of you who visit this site and have extras in bright colors, please consider donating or offering for sale. Ebay is too expensive and too many "novice" collectors jack up the price to levels that are unaffordable.
I have posted a 528th Bombardment Squadron that flew B-47's and FB-111A's out of Plattsburgh AFB, New York. The B-47 era was from 11 July 1955 to 14 December 1965. The FB-111A era was from 6 January 1971(my 12th birthday!) to 30 September 1995. You can find more info at www.fb-111a.net .
Posted a 93rd Bombardment Squadron today. here is a brief history from AFHRA.org:
The lineage of the 93rd Bomb Squadron began Aug. 21, 1917, with the activation of the 93rd Aero Squadron assigned to the 3rd Pursuit Group, 1st Pursuit Wing, 1st Army, at Kelly Field, Texas.
During World War I, the 93rd Aero Squadron reached the Front on July 28, 1918, at Vaucouleurs, France, flying Spad XIII aircraft. The unit distinguished itself in combat during the Lorraine, St. Mihiel and Argonne-Meuse campaigns for taking part in 157 combat missions in World War I. The 93rd received official confirmation of having brought down 32 enemy planes during the war.
The 93rd Aero Squadron was demobilized on March 31, 1919. In 1936, the 93rd Aero Squadron was reconstituted and consolidated with the 93rd Bombardment Squadron. The unit was activated on Oct. 20, 1939, flying B-17 and B-18 aircraft with the 19th Bombardment Group from bases in Australia. During the initial stages of World War II, the squadron also flew L-30 aircraft in support of campaigns in the Philippine Islands, East Indies, Japan, Papua and Guadalcanal.
On Dec. 28, 1942, the unit rotated back to the United States and was assigned to Pocatello, Idaho. Due to its combat experience, the 93rd's mission was to train aircrew replacements for deployment to the European and Pacific theaters.
The 93rd Bomb Squadron returned to combat on Jan. 16, 1945, flying B-29s in the Western Pacific and Asiatic-Pacific theaters. When World War II ended, the unit remained in occupied Japan until 1954, when it was reassigned to Pinecastle Air Force Base, Fla., as part of the 19th Bombardment Wing.
The 93rd Bomb Squadron continued to fly the B-29 until 1956 when it moved with the 19th Bombardment Wing to Homestead Air Force Base, Fla., and began flying the B-47. In 1961, the 93rd was assigned to the 4239th Strategic Wing, Kincheloe Air Force Base, Mich., and flew the B-52 until the squadron's deactivation on Feb. 1, 1963.
Added the LGM-118 "Peacekeeper" to the SAC Weapons System album. From Wikipedia:
The LGM-118A Peacekeeper, initially known as the "MX missile" (for Missile-eXperimental), was a land-based ICBM deployed by the United States starting in 1986. A total of 50 missiles were deployed. Under the START II treaty, which never entered into force, the missiles were to be removed from the U.S. nuclear arsenal in 2005, leaving the LGM-30 Minuteman as the only type of land-based ICBM in the U.S. arsenal. Despite the demise of START II, the last of the LGM-118A "Peacekeeper" ICBMs (but not their warheads) were decommissioned on September 19, 2005. Current plans are to switch 500 decommissioned Peacekeepers' W87/Mk-21 warheads to the Minuteman III. Among the reasons cited for decommissioning of the Peacekeeper ICBM was its failure to achieve the program's range objectives. The Peacekeeper was a MIRVed missile; the MX could carry up to 10 re-entry vehicles, each armed with a 300-kilotonW87warhead/MK-21 RVs (twenty times the power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II).
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