Rothco Subdued – US Air Force STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND Military Patch Patches

Iron on/sew on military embroidered patch. Approximately 3″ x 3″. STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND printed on the patch in black lettering on a subdued background. United states Air Force strategic air command (SAC) emblem pictured on the front. Military replica patch. The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a major command in the United States Air Force and a “specified command” in the United States Department of Defense. SAC was the operational establishment in charge of America’s land-based strategic bomber aircraft and land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) strategic nuclear arsenal from 1946 to 1992. SAC also controlled the infrastructure necessary to support the strategic bomber and ICBM operations, such as aerial refueling tanker aircraft to refuel the bombers in flight, strategic reconnaissance aircraft, command post aircraft, and, until 1957, fighter escorts. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, the Air Force instituted a comprehensive reorganization of its major commands (MAJCOMs). As part of this reorganization, SAC was disestablished as a MAJCOM on 1 June 1992, with its ICBMs and bomber, strategic reconnaissance, and command post aircraft reassigned to the newly-established Air Combat Command (ACC). Motto: “Peace is our profession.”

NSN: 8455-01-528-9558 (Space and strategic defense command)