SAC in the 1980s

The lavishly illustrated story of Strategic Air Command in the 1980s. Take a step inside the day-to-day operations.

‘Fighter pilots make movies, bomber pilots make history’ - or so the bomber pilots say, anyway…

Strategic Air Command held a constant nuclear-armed vigil, ready to launch nuclear war at a moment’s notice 24 hours a day. SAC was responsible for two of the three components of the Nuclear Triad – manned strategic bombers and land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs),...