Barrage balloons were a common sight across the UK in 1940 – but what were they for? RAF Balloon Command played an important role in the Battle of Britain. By 1945 33,000 RAF and Women’s Auxiliary Air Force personnel operated over 3000 balloons, to protect strategic locations and cities. https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/our-history/anniversaries/battle-of-britain #DetectAndDefend | Royal Air Force

Strategic Air Command's 10th Anniversary, March 21, 1956

#ICYMI: All three of Air Force Global Strike Command's strategic bomber aircraft made history during a recent trip to the European Theatre. #Airpower | United States Air Force

Air Combat Command headquartered at Joint Base Langley-Eustis Virginia, is a major command created June 1, 1992, by combining its predecessors Strategic Air Command and Tactical Air Command. ACC is the primary provider of air combat forces to America's warfighting commanders. Gen. James M. “Mike” Holmes is commander of ACC, where he oversees 94,000 military and civilian personnel at 34 wings that operate more than 1,300 aircraft spread among 19 bases and 70 operating locations worldwide. As the