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.
I agree.
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.
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.
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.