Air Force Global Strike Command

The Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. AFGSC provides combat-ready forces to conduct strategic nuclear deterrence and global strike operations in support of combatant commanders. Air Force Global Strike Command is the Air Force's service component to the United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). Air Force Global Strike Command is the direct descendant unit of the Cold War–era Strategic Air Command (SAC). It holds the lineage, history and honors of SAC. It continues to operate two "legs" of the US nuclear triad, its LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles and B-52H Stratofortress and B-2 Spirit strategic bombers. Alongside the no-longer-nuclear-capable B-1 Lancer, its bombers also participate in conventional attacks. It operates the E-4B Advanced Airborne Command Post, nicknamed the "doomsday plane". Under US nuclear weapons modernization, it will operate the LGM-35 Sentinel ICBM and the B-21 Raider bomber.