Air Force to create command to deal with its nuclear mission

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Air Force to create command to deal with its nuclear mission
By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, October 25, 2008

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Air Force is creating a major command to deal solely with its nuclear mission, Air Force officials said Friday.

Global Strike Command is expected to become operational in September 2009, and it will be in charge of nuclear missiles and "nuclear-coded" B-2 and B-52 bombers, officials told reporters on Friday.

Officials did not have specific information on how many airmen will be assigned to the new command or how much it will cost to set up.

Global Strike Command will be led by a three-star general, and it will comprise the intercontinental ballistic missile forces of 20th Air Force and the nuclear-coded bombers of 8th Air Force, said Air Force Secretary Michael Donley.

That does not mean that B-2 and B-52 bombers will no longer support conventional forces, Donley said.


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