Watch The Big Picture - The United States Strike Command

Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States.From the U.S. Army's THE BIG PICTURE television series, 1950-1975.This film documents how Strike Command acted as the nation's means of focusing U.S. military power in a hurry to deal successfully with specific emergencies wherever and whenever they occurred. Headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base on the west coast of Florida, this Command supervised the strategic reserve of combat units of the continental Army command and the combat squadrons of the tactical air command.This historical recording from the National Archives may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.

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