The U.S. Strategic Command headquarters, built in 1957 for the Strategic Air Command, has long carried the name of former SAC commander Gen. Curtis LeMay.

Gen. Curtis LeMay, who led the Strategic Air Command for nine years, conceived of the SAC headquarters and attended its dedication in 1957. SAC’s successor, the U.S. Strategic Command, moved ...

The transfer of General Curtis LeMay from the Strategic Air Command to the Pentagon as Air Force Vice Chief of Staff set off an Air Force job-switching chain reaction. New top commands posted last ...

The Strategic Air Command air crews who flew the B-47 loved it, and feared it. The Air Force’s first jet-powered bomber allowed SAC commander Gen. Curtis LeMay to build a formidable nuclear ...

When it comes to General Curtis Emerson LeMay, the able, black-browed boss of the Air Force's Strategic Air Command, official Washington and official Moscow have one thing in common: they both ...

Consider Curtis LeMay, the Air Force general famously parodied in "Dr. Strangelove" ... (SAC) until 1957, and by 1961 had been appointed as U.S. Air Force chief of staff.

WINNING ARMAGEDDON: CURTIS LEMAY AND STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 1948-1957 By Trevor Albertson Naval Institute Press, $40, 167 pages The anti-military left spent much loud energy during the mid-1900s ...

The introduction of the B-47 coincided with the massive makeover of the Strategic Air Command by General Curtis E. LeMay. He assumed command of SAC in 1948, and found that the pell-mell of post ...

15 Minutes: General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation Douglas Keeney, St. Martin’s, $26.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-61156-9 ...

When General [Curtis] LeMay first took over, he wanted to assess the readiness of the organization. In January 1949, he flew every bomber in SAC against a target he picked out near Wright Field in ...