{"id":95962,"date":"2024-07-28T04:30:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/role-us-tactical-air-command-cold-war\/"},"modified":"2024-07-28T04:30:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T18:30:11","slug":"the-role-of-us-tactical-air-command-in-the-cold-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=95962","title":{"rendered":"The Role Of US Tactical Air Command In The Cold War"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the early years of the Cold War, the so-called “Bomber Mafia” of Strategic Air Command (SAC)<\/a> ruled the proverbial roost of the United States Air Force, thanks in no small part to SAC’s senior leader, the hard-charging, cigar-chomping, no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners Gen. Curtis Emerson LeMay <\/a>(November 15, 1906 October 1, 1990). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During the early days of the Cold War, the so-called “Bomber Mafia” ruled the USAF. But thanks to TAC, the “Fighter Mafia” eventually took over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,397,8977,2125,625,628,8012,1328,1384],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-analysis","category-cold-war","category-f-15","category-f-16","category-fighter-jets","category-mig-21","category-united-states-air-force","category-us-air-force"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t