tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post7541204691288349820..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Call It What It IsGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-42772454100714722692012-02-19T04:28:17.105-05:002012-02-19T04:28:17.105-05:00While I agree with the "bring back SAC" ...While I agree with the "bring back SAC" sentiment, in reality...<br /><br />"The Chief of Staff is always right, never wrong." -Gen. Billy Mitchel<br /><br />Though universally despised, Merrill McPeak's orders can't be countermanded (that's why the service dress still looks like a blazer.) Since A Chief of Staff signed SAC's execution order it can't be brought back, because then a CSAF will be proved wrong and "chaos" would ensue.<br /><br />Outside that three points...<br /><br />1. There is no way in Hell the Fighter mafia would tolerate SAC, reborn. They fear the inevitable, the fighter jocks greatly despised the "Standards and Checklists" SAC enforced and they hated being relegated to interception duty...plus they hated it when in exercises the G's made them squeal "Sierra Juliet"<br /><br />2. Look at the damage that the destablishment has wroth, most of the bomber force was destroyed, the few G's left are prohibited by treaty and rusting away in the desert, the Bone is solidly castrated by treaty, and only four SAC installations are salvageable (Barksdale, Minot, Whiteman, Warren, and Malmstrom) all others have either been sold off to civilian interests or downsized to the extent that they can no longer support a bomb wing.<br /><br />3. When SAC was killed off all the schools were shutdown and all elements of the culture were sought out and eliminated, to this day (2/19/2012) the Air Force Global Strike Command is going out of it's way to avoid anything remotely "SAC" and as a result that MAJCOM is still struggling to sort out issues that SAC would've resolved in 6 months and LeMay himself would've cleared up in under two months.<br /><br />Air Force wide "Strategic Air Command" is a curse word treated with the same displeasure by the brass that an unwarranted and uncalled for F*ck or Sh*t would receive. And the reason is that the Brass knows that destablishment was a mistake, and every time they hear "SAC" (or even "Sack" or "Sac-[rifice]") it's a reminder of that, and the brass fear the consequences of going against Billy Mitchel's words.<br /><br />The real sad thing is that the USAF is dieing, SAC made up 2/3rd's of personnel, it was the heart, soul, and life-blood of the Air Force. Without SAC, "2047" is not the end service date of the B-52, it is the destablishment date for the USAF as an independent armed service.ColdWarBUFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03962176518185047619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-48918896468497665322008-09-18T11:00:00.000-04:002008-09-18T11:00:00.000-04:00SAC will be back. With the Bear's announced sales...SAC will be back. With the Bear's announced sales of missles to Iran and the pending sale of advanced fighter aircraft and other weapons systems to Hugo Chavez, it is the only logical decision to make.<BR/><BR/>As I have said in the past and I will say again, "I can no longer sit back and allow communist infiltration, communist indoctrination, communist subversion, and the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids!"<BR/><BR/>In case you didn't notice, the Cold War never ended, it just cooled down for a while.PCSSEPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06409465703196815386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-49868345759969423902008-09-16T21:26:00.000-04:002008-09-16T21:26:00.000-04:00People may not want to be reminded of the Cold War...People may not want to be reminded of the Cold War, but there are other ways they might be reminded; the Bear is back, recently pawing at our east coast before taking shelter with our southen neighbors.<BR/><BR/>Only a return of SAC will convince our adversaries that we have our weapons ready and that we are prepared to use them.<BR/><BR/>Only a return of SAC will convince those within the Air Force that slack time is over, we are at war and they sould be Mission Ready or get out.<BR/><BR/>Maybe there are some convoys in Iraq or Afghanistan that need rounding out...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720797578461643391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-70226559341484610882008-09-16T12:22:00.000-04:002008-09-16T12:22:00.000-04:00The problem is that hearing "SAC" makes people thi...The problem is that hearing "SAC" makes people think of the Cold War. And that reminds people of scary stuff that they don't want to think about.halojones-fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473935330204075559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-53094401993920140142008-09-15T22:41:00.000-04:002008-09-15T22:41:00.000-04:00Amen brother - and this time the New Improved SAC ...Amen brother - and this time the New Improved SAC would be wise to focus on the nukes, but be able to leverage the inherent conventional capability that comes along with it. If only the original SAC had listened to Carl Builder, they never would have gone away in the first place.SMSgt Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126690689798203866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-61782791309691560792008-09-15T21:12:00.000-04:002008-09-15T21:12:00.000-04:00Bring SAC back?Definitely!The best time I had Acti...Bring SAC back?<BR/><BR/>Definitely!<BR/><BR/>The best time I had Active Duty was in SAC. SAC actually knew what it was about — and did it.Paul W. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920369977856637541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-17536298326213060862008-09-15T17:36:00.000-04:002008-09-15T17:36:00.000-04:00I agree with you.. Why Not?After SAC went away.. I...I agree with you.. Why Not?<BR/><BR/>After SAC went away.. I was bombarded with "SAC will be back" cartoons, memorial power point shows and images of patches and I even was given a SAC will be back coin that some former B-52 pilot had made for himself.<BR/><BR/>When assigned to Ellsworth AFB, a dinning-in occured.. when former CMSAFgt Gaylor spoke and mentioned SAC.. many of the senior pilots suddenly yelled Ohrahh and drank a quick toast outside of the ceremony.<BR/><BR/>SAC would be Perfect to bring back. and with the cancellation of Cyber Command which was supposed to make use of the SAC emblem.. the old Emblem is available.kitanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657260938925328929noreply@blogger.com