A Cold War Legacy, A Tribute to Strategic Air Command, 1946-1992 [Hardcover]

Alwyn T. Lloyd (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2000

This "labor of love" is a veritable notebook of recollections, data, SAC stories, and vignettes reporting the various stages of SAC's evolution. Lloyd's detailed accounts of the commanders, people, places, weapons systems, and operational concepts are presented in a way to give personal identity and recognition to SAC's people as they went about making history. Everyone who served in the Command will find his or her circumstances reflected in this very complete historical work.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 704 pages
• Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub; First edition (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575100525
• ISBN-13: 978-1575100524
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #909,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great History, October 26, 2001

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Jim Diamond (Lees Summit, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Cold War Legacy, A Tribute to Strategic Air Command, 1946-1992 (Hardcover)

This book is about the best coverage of Strategic Air Command (SAC) that I have came across. It covers many little known avenues of SAC that includes the C-119's and C-124's, to name a couple. Of course the mainstays of SAC, the B-47, B-52, B-58 as well as the KC-97 and KC-135 are well covered. Alwyn Lloyd made sure the reader also understands the role of KB-29P and other players in the early evolution of inflight refueling is understood and how their role was played in making SAC the formidable force it was. This book makes a 20 year veteran of SAC very proud to have been a small part of the story.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Memorial to SAC, December 20, 2002

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Nelson W. Gabert "NWG" (San Clemente, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Cold War Legacy, A Tribute to Strategic Air Command, 1946-1992 (Hardcover)

I am very pleased to have purchased this history of SAC, having served in it during the Vietnam war. I am impressed with the tremendous amount of detail presented by the author. This brings back many vivid memories of the constant state of readiness the crews and bases were required to maintain. This extremely powerful deterrent to nuclear war will hopefully be someday better understood by the general population and appreciated accordingly.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars World's greatest deterent force in the Cold War, February 2, 2001

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Harry C. Patterson (Shallotte, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Cold War Legacy, A Tribute to Strategic Air Command, 1946-1992 (Hardcover)

While I spent thirty years as a pilot in the Air Force, I was never asigned to SAC, but my association with SAC crew members helped me to know some facts about SAC and it's mission. But it took this book to really bring home to me what an important element they were in keeping the peace during the crucial years of the Cold War. The book also contains pictures of crew members that I knew from my years in the Air Force. It also has a terrific history of SAC bomber, fighter, and missile development from before WWI thru the deactivation Of SAC in 1992. The bios of the SAC commanders are interesting to me because, having been in WWII, Korea, and Viet Nam, I served with many of these officers in their early careers. Any one the least bit interested in aircraft will find it difficult to put this book down till they finish it. Today's younger generation of Air Force pilots would appreciate what took place to bring them to their present place in the Air Force. The SAC crews were the forerunners of a great fighting force that is today's modern Air Force. It is a book that will become a necessary reference book for those who want to refer back to a great period in our aviation history. It will have a permanent place on my living room table.