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US Air Force sets up new command for nuclear forces
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| 08/09/2009
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Posted on 08/09/2009 11:43:25 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove
I am surprised that Obama is allowing this.
To: neverdem
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posted on
08/09/2009 11:49:19 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I don't mind being called tough, because in this racket it's tough guys who lead the survivors.)
To: Islaminaction
The Eye of Sauron currently has fixed its horrible gaze on our nation’s health care.
To: Islaminaction
1. Obama is evil
2. Obama is a closet Islamic terrorist
3. Obama is an out in the open communist
Therefore there has got to be something more to this. Maybe Obama is fixing up this branch of the military before selling it to the Chinese ... or the Iranians ... or the North Koreans.
Maybe that's why Bill REALLY went to NK!
To: sonofstrangelove
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posted on
08/10/2009 12:36:14 AM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: sonofstrangelove
Ayup. Put them in a nice, nukeable location where there is a chance of hurricanes. Makes lots of sense. Our enemies will only have to look at a weather map.
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posted on
08/10/2009 1:35:24 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: sonofstrangelove
Just remaking the wheel.They need to reactivate the Strategic Air Command.SAC specialized in the Nuclear strike roll and did it's job in a professional manner.
SAC should never have been deactivated in the first place.But is was the price of the Peace dividend following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.
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posted on
08/10/2009 2:13:37 AM PDT
by
puppypusher
(The world is going to the Dogs.)
To: puppypusher
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posted on
08/10/2009 2:15:06 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Obama's lies make Bill Clinton's lie small)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
The pentagon planned this change long before the election.
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posted on
08/10/2009 2:25:21 AM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: Smokin' Joe
Barksdale has had strategic bombers since the old “SAC” days. It’s in the “Ark-La-Tex” region, which is not prone to hurricanes.
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posted on
08/10/2009 2:26:37 AM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: Grizzled Bear
Neither is Colorado nor Nebraska. In fact, a tad further away. I figured maybe the Minot nukes were sent down to Barksdale as a message to Ahm-a-nutjob...that seemed pretty unlikely as screwups go.
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posted on
08/10/2009 2:41:30 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: sonofstrangelove
If our military got this sloppy, imagine what it's like in Pakistan.
To: puppypusher
Yup. SAC had a very distinct culture. A lot of that was gradually lost after SAC merged into Air Combat Command (ACC). For the most part, the Fighter mafia ran ACC.
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posted on
08/10/2009 5:08:16 AM PDT
by
rbg81
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
To: puppypusher
The Peace Dividend was Bill C’s first step in his attempt to unilaterally disarm the US. The phrase was a lie from beginning to end.
Since his rein, the US military Pentagon planning has become more and more incompetent, because more and more socialists have risen in the officer corps.
And fewer and fewer dollars relative to the economy are being spent on defense, and more and more of what were defense dollars have been and will continue to go to entitlement programs, until at some point nothing will remain for defense.
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posted on
08/10/2009 5:14:08 AM PDT
by
PIF
To: sonofstrangelove
We use to joke about the cycle of events in the military. It's been about 18 years since the AF eliminated the Strategic Air Command. They were responsible for the nucs back in the cold war. Now they're essentially recreating it.
The Air Force eliminated their cyber command a year or two ago and a couple of months ago the Pentagon announced a new cyber command.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
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posted on
08/10/2009 5:21:38 AM PDT
by
mbynack
(Retired USAF SMSgt)
To: Smokin' Joe; Grizzled Bear
SJ, better check your geographic knowledge (or lack thereof...)
I live near Shreveport/Bossier (Barksdale).
- For many decades, Barksdale has been a major nuclear force (B-52) center.
- The last several hurricanes that tore up the Gulf coast brought us nothing but much-needed rains (and less-needed refugees -- some of whom have squatted here...)
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posted on
08/10/2009 11:41:13 AM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
To: puppypusher
When I was in it, SAC was HIGHLY competent. In fact, most of the exercises we ran showed that the command was MORE capable and rapid in responding than the “nominal” expectations. Personally, I never met a single crew member, maintenance man, higher officer, or security personnel who did not perform in a highly professional manner.
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posted on
08/10/2009 5:18:17 PM PDT
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: sonofstrangelove
SAC is Back!
That last is SAC patch, used until 1951.
The new Global Strike command trains, equips and maintains the Air Force Components of Strategic Command, a unified command which occupies (some of) the former SAC facilities at Offutt AFB, near Omaha. But as you can see that the Strategic Command Shield also borrows heavily from the old, post '51, SAC shields.
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posted on
08/11/2009 12:19:10 AM PDT
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: mbynack
The Air Force eliminated their cyber command a year or two ago and a couple of months ago the Pentagon announced a new cyber command. What they really did was establish a provisional command, but then decided not to make it a "permanent major command, but instead to move it under Space Command, where the missile portions of the new Global Strike Command had been.
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posted on
08/11/2009 12:22:24 AM PDT
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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