AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND – SUBDUED

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AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND (USAF)

Lineage. Established as Continental Air Forces on 13 Dec 1944. Activated on 15 Dec 1944. Redesignated Strategic Air Command on 21 Mar 1946. Inactivated on 1 Jun 1992. Redesignated as Air Force Global Strike Command, and activated, on 7 Aug 2009.

Assignments. Army Air Forces, 15 Dec 1944; United States Air Force, 26 Sep 1947-1 Jun 1992. United States Air Force, 7 Aug 2009-.

Major Components. Operational Components. Air Forces: First: 16 Apr 1945-21 Mar 1946. Second: 16 Apr 1945-30 Mar 1946; 1 Nov 1949-1 Jan 1975. Third: 16 Apr 1945-21 Mar 1946. Fourth: 16 Apr 1945-21 Mar 1946. Eighth: 7 Jun 1946-1 Jun 1992. Fifteenth: 31 Mar 1946-1 Jun 1992. Sixteenth: 1 Jul 1957-15 Apr 1966. Commands: I Troop Carrier: 16 Apr-4 Nov 1945; IX Troop Carrier: c. 5 Sep 1945-31 Mar 1946. Air Divisions: 1 (later, 1 Missile Division; 1 Strategic Aerospace Division): 15 Apr 1955-20 May 1956; 1 Jan 1958-1 Sep 1988. 3: 18 Jun 1954-1 Apr 1970; 1 Jan 1975-31 Jan 1982. 5: 14 Jan 1951-1 Jul 1957. 7: 20 Mar 1951-30 Jun 1965; 1 Jul 1978-31 Jan 1982. 21: 16 Feb 1951-8 Apr 1952; 8 Apr-16 Jul 1952. 58: 1 Mar-16 Oct 1948. 73: 21-31 Mar 1946. 311: 31 Mar 1947-1 Nov 1949.

Stations. Washington, DC, 15 Dec 1944; Bolling Field, DC, by 1946; Andrews Field (later, AFB), MD, 21 Oct 1946; Offutt AFB, NE, 9 Nov 1948-1 Jun 1992. Barksdale AFB, LA, 7 Aug 2009-.

Operations. The Continental Air Forces, created in December 1944, coordinated the activities of the four numbered air forces (First, Second, Third, and Fourth) in the United States. Strategic bombardment operations during World War II, however, had exposed the need for a major command devoted exclusively to strategic, long-range air combat operations, and that became the Strategic Air Command’s assigned mission in 1946. The Strategic Air Command (SAC) served as America’s greatest deterrent to the threat of nuclear attack from the early 1950’s through May 1992, by maintaining a long range strike force of bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles. During 1992, as a result of the diminishing danger of massive nuclear warfare and the disappearance of a meaningful distinction between strategic and tactical missions, HQ USAF inactivated the Strategic Air Command, transferring its bombers to the newly established Air Combat Command and its tankers to the newly established Air Mobility Command. For improved handling of the Air Force’s nuclear delivery assets, the Air Force activated the Air Force Global Strike Command on 7 Aug 2009. The command is scheduled to manage the nation’s long-range nuclear-equipped bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. None.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Air Force Organizational Excellence Awards: 1 Jul 1985-30 Jun 1986; 1 Jul 1986-30 Jun 1988; 1 Oct 1988-30 Sep 1990; 1 Oct 1990-31 May 1992.

Emblem. Approved 20 May 2009.