This made me chuckle. . .

"Dweezil Dwarftosser" wrote in message
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Kevin Brooks wrote:

"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:15:51 -0600, Scott Ferrin
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From this week's AW&ST

"Air Force May Form Strategic Command"


Would that also be known as "Strategic Air Command" with the
associated acronym of SAC?

Actually, it is a review of the "unified" command structure,
considering combining of the recently established Northern Command
with the long existing Southern Command to form a sort of N/S America
continental command. Other unified commands include Eucom, Pacom and
Centcom for examples.

Strategic Air Command was a "specified" command which gave it a
separate status from the operational control of the unified commands.
The other specified command was MAC.

Specified commands still exist as well; FORSCOM in the Army, and I
believe
ACC would qualify in the USAF.

It's been a long time for me, but I'd put Space command in
the "specified" category. ACC is just shaky old TAC with
bigger bombers.

Nope. Space Command merged with Strategic Command a year or two back, coming
under the STRATCOM banner (which is a unified command).

Brooks

"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
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Nope. Space Command merged with Strategic Command a year or two back,
coming
under the STRATCOM banner (which is a unified command).

Brooks

US Space Command, once based in Colorado Springs along with Air Force Space
Command, did merge with Strategic Command and is now located in Omaha. Air
Force Space Command, however, is alive and well in Colorado Springs at
Peterson AFB (along with Northern Command, NORAD and US Army Space and
Missile Defense Command).

Tex

"Tex Houston" wrote in message
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"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
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Nope. Space Command merged with Strategic Command a year or two back,
coming
under the STRATCOM banner (which is a unified command).

Brooks

US Space Command, once based in Colorado Springs along with Air Force
Space
Command, did merge with Strategic Command and is now located in Omaha.
Air
Force Space Command, however, is alive and well in Colorado Springs at
Peterson AFB (along with Northern Command, NORAD and US Army Space and
Missile Defense Command).

But it is not a specified command. No biggie--turns out I was wrong about
FORSCOM still being a specified command, being as it gave up that title back
in 1993. Live and learn.

Brooks


Tex