Advisers: Consolidate Air Force nuke command

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Advisers: Consolidate Air Force nuke command
By Michael Hoffman - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Sep 12, 2008 18:09:12 EDT

The Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Management recommended the Air Force put all its nuclear missions under Air Force Space Command and call the whole thing Air Force Strategic Command.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates organized the task force — which was headed by former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger — after axing the Air Force’s top two leaders last June due to its nuclear problems.

The recommendations Schlesinger announced Friday at the Pentagon also would mean that Air Combat Command would lose its nuclear bomber mission.

The task force recommended assigning a group of bombers to a numbered Air Force that would fall under AFSTRAT and have a sole nuclear mission.

After a tumultuous year in the Air Force’s nuclear enterprise, Gates said he’s confident the service “has begun to restore its nuclear mission, and is already tracking more than 180 corrective actions” the service is making.


Rest of article at: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/09/airforce_schlesinger_report_091208w/%2e

[enlightenment]

1. They should never have gotten rid of SAC

in my humble, uninformed (but child of a career SAC officer) opinion . . .