The strategic air command consists of the United States department of defense specified command and the United States air force command which control and command the United States military's strategic nuclear strike forces. It was established in March, 1946. The strategic air command operates all strategic reconnaissance aircraft. In 2009, the strategic air command's role was reactivated and designated as the air force global strike command. It's overseas components include the strategic air command in the United Kingdom, with airbases in Spain, Turkey and North Africa.
The Strategic Air Command was known to be the section of Air force command to sustain worldwide airpower operations.
It should be understood that this command has been discommissioned or dissolved since 1992, and it has been replaced by a new command known as United States strategic command.
