Strategic Training Route Complex

The Strategic Training Route Complex is a series of training routes operated by the United States Strategic Command where bomber aircraft are able to train using tactics for low-level flight. During the Cold War, fourteen routes were operated by the 99th Strategic Weapons Wing.[1] The current routes are located in Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana.[2] One downside to the routes being out west, is that it made it prohibitive for units in the Eastern United States to travel west without expending flight hours.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "99th Strategic Weapons Wing". FB-111A.net. 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Schwartz, Stephen I. (1998). Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U. S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. p. 173. ISBN 0815777736. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Bruce, Phillip; Killion, Thomas; Rockway, Marty; Povenmire, H. Kingsley (August 1991). "B-52 and KC-135 Mission Qualification and Continuation Training: A Review and Analysis". Brooks Air Force Base: Armstrong Laboratory. p. 14. Retrieved 9 March 2013.

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