Chrome Dome 1960-68: The B-52s' High-Stakes Cold War Nuclear Operation

by Peter E. Davies

In 1960, SAC's B-52s began a nonstop, eight-year, nuclear-armed patrol. Fully illustrated, this study explains how one of the Cold War's most challenging operations was conceived and flown.

Operation Chrome Dome was Strategic Air Command's unprecedented nuclear deterrence operation, a hugely elaborate and costly response to the perceived nuclear missile threat from the Soviet Union.

In this book, Cold War aviation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472860543
• ISBN13: 9781472860545
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 9.8"