SAC is back
08-16-2009 | 05:50 PM
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SAC is back
When the TAC hostile takeover occurred back in 92, most SAC guys I knew where saying Strategic Air Command (SAC) would be back. It only took 17 years.
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08-16-2009 | 10:26 PM
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At least they weren't failing nuke surety inspections as often as they are now, 5 in 2008 alone according to this: Washington Times - EXCLUSIVE: Air Force fails new nuclear reviews .
Also: 5th Bomb Wing flunks nuclear inspection - Air Force News, news from Iraq - Air Force Times and 341st Missile Wing fails nuke inspection - Air Force News, news from Iraq - Air Force Times
I'd be happy if we could just get back to where mission accomplishment takes precedent over political correctness.
Also: 5th Bomb Wing flunks nuclear inspection - Air Force News, news from Iraq - Air Force Times and 341st Missile Wing fails nuke inspection - Air Force News, news from Iraq - Air Force Times
I'd be happy if we could just get back to where mission accomplishment takes precedent over political correctness.
08-16-2009 | 11:32 PM
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I read a study years ago where the author concluded it was statistically impossible to handle as many Nukes as SAC did and not have an accident which resulted in a significant yield. The only way they accomplished this is by using the quote below. I think America is glad SAC was unwilling to accept negligence, error and incompetence when it came to Nukes.
08-17-2009 | 03:00 AM
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The real problem is some actually think PC is the mission. All in all however still the best in the world thanks to the men and women who have served and at times made the un-popular choice of mission accomplishement over PC.
08-17-2009 | 04:31 AM
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We used to say, "A suck for SAC is a blow for freedom." The other was "Peace is our profession. War is our hobby." It was definitely a different culture.
I don't remember the year but in the middle of the night, the Sq Commander called and said, "Start the regeneration." I figured it was an exercise but he said it was the real deal. So, we repositioned all the airplanes; all the BUFs were repositioned and loaded with nukes. The BUF crews lived on the airplanes for about 3 days before we stood down. Interesting. Reportedly it was an incident with North Korea. We never got a full briefing on it.
But seeing all the nukes trotted out for real was a bit of an attention getter.
I don't remember the year but in the middle of the night, the Sq Commander called and said, "Start the regeneration." I figured it was an exercise but he said it was the real deal. So, we repositioned all the airplanes; all the BUFs were repositioned and loaded with nukes. The BUF crews lived on the airplanes for about 3 days before we stood down. Interesting. Reportedly it was an incident with North Korea. We never got a full briefing on it.
But seeing all the nukes trotted out for real was a bit of an attention getter.
08-17-2009 | 10:37 AM
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From: KC-135T
One thing we need to remember is that an organization is only as good as its leadership. Lets hope the new commander understands the importance of this, and revives the correct traditions and not the incorrect.
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