Strategic Air Command 1970s (SAC) Global Shield Exercise

This is a short clip. The entire video is 70 min. For more details go to http://www.militaryvideo.com/store/store.cfm Documents the Strategic Air Command's readiness for nuclear war. The exercise tests base security, communications procedures, precision navigation for bombers and SAC's command and control procedures Shows crew scrambles, loading of munitions, munitions movement by convoy, in flight refueling and ground fueling, cartridge starts, minimum interval takeoff (MITOs), aircraft and missile silo maintenance, some decontamination activity and simulated penetrator exercises. Aircraft seen are: EC-135A Stratolifter, KC-135A Stratotanker, B-52 Stratofortress, and FB-111A Aardvark. Filmed at Pease AFB, New Hampshire; Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota; Bangor ARB, Maine.