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The Strategic Air Command or SAC was the branch of the United States Air Force in charge of America's
non-submarine-based nuclear arsenal.
Established in March 1946, SAC had its headquarters and bomber force at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha,
Nebraska . The Strategic Air Command symbolized the cornerstone of American national strategic policy during the Cold War, namely, mutual assured destruction with the Soviet
Union and nuclear deterrence of other nuclear powers.
In 1992, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, SAC was combined with the Naval nuclear forces
to form the U.S. Strategic Command.
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