Strategic Air Command commanders

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Main article: Strategic Air Command

[edit] Commander in Chief Strategic Air Command (CINCSAC)

[edit] Commander - June 1953

  • General Curtis Emerson LeMay - June 1953 - 31 March 1955

[edit] Commander in Chief (CINCSAC) - 1 April 1955

  • General Curtis Emerson LeMay - 1 April 1955 - 30 June 1957
  • General Thomas S. Power - 1 July 1957 - 30 November 1964
  • General John Dale Ryan - 1 December 1964 - 31 January 1967
  • General Joseph J. Nazzaro - 1 February 1967 - 31 July 1968
  • General Bruce K. Holloway - 1 August 1968 - 30 April 1972
  • General John C. Meyer - 1 May 1972 - 31 July 1974
  • General Russell E. Dougherty - 1 August 1974 - 31 July 1977
  • General Richard H. Ellis - 1 August 1977 - 31 July 1981
  • General Bennie L. Davis - 1 August 1981 - 31 July 1985
  • General Larry D. Welch - 1 August 1985 - 22 June 1986
  • General John T. Chain, Jr. - 22 June 1986 - 31 January 1991
  • General George Lee Butler - 31 January 1991 - June 1992