November 9, 1948 - At 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 9, 1948, Offutt Airforce Base gained national prominence as it became the home of Strategic Air Command headquarters. The U.S. Air Force Secretary chose Offutt ...

A change of command ceremony was held at Offutt Air Force Base as Gen. Anthony Cotton handed over command to Adm. Richard Correll during a ceremony at U.S. Strategic Command with Gen. Dan Caine, ...

However, not all Air Force bases are expansive hubs filled with combat aircraft and long flight lines. Some of the service’s ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska’s only astronaut is back in his hometown of Ashland. He’s the new president and CEO of the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum. “I think astronaut has been ...

A Desperate Plea for Help. A Terrifying Survival Ordeal. A Bizarre Disappearance, and the Strangest Cold War Mystery You’ve Never Heard Of. It started out as a seemingly routine Strategic Air Command ...

The United States Air Force was only recently surpassed by the Space Force in 2019, making it the youngest of the Department of Defense's (DOD) service branches. Branching off from the US Army in 1947 ...

One might also think of the B-47 Stratojet, which was the first pure jet strategic bomber and received its fair share of Hollywood fame thanks to the 1955 movie Strategic Air Command starring Jimmy ...

The U.S. Space Command’s joint operations center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. SpaceCom has assumed responsibility for U.S. missile defense as part of a realignment of missions, taking over an ...