SAC

SAC - Strategic Air Command (USAF).

SAILPLANE - An unpowered heavier-than-air craft designed primarily for soaring flight.

In response to the new missile threat, SAC planners instead switched B-52 bombers to low-altitude penetration.

With long range, high altitude capabilities, the "Stratojet" became the backbone of SAC in the early 1950s.

See also: Aircraft, Range, Flight, Speed, Force