List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command
List of SAC Commanders-in-Chief

List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command

Section Title: List of SAC Commanders-in-Chief
Table Section Text: None

Name	Photo	Term began	Term ended	Notes

1	GEN George Kenney	-	March 21, 1946	October 15, 1948	(1889–1977) Designated as Commanding General

2	GEN Curtis LeMay	-	October 19, 1948	June 30, 1957	(1906–1993) Designated as Commanding General (1948–53) and Commander (1953–55)

3	GEN Thomas S. Power	-	July 1, 1957	November 30, 1964	(1905–1970)

4	GEN John Dale Ryan	-	December 1, 1964	January 31, 1967	(1915–1983)

5	GEN Joseph J. Nazzaro	-	February 1, 1967	July 31, 1968	(1913–1990)

6	GEN Bruce K. Holloway	-	August 1, 1968	April 30, 1972	(1912–1999)

7	GEN John C. Meyer	-	May 1, 1972	July 31, 1974	(1919–1975)

8	GEN Russell E. Dougherty	-	August 1, 1974	July 31, 1977	(1920–2007)

9	GEN Richard H. Ellis	-	August 1, 1977	July 31, 1981	(1919–1989)

10	GEN Bennie L. Davis	-	August 1, 1981	July 31, 1985	(1928–2012)

11	GEN Larry D. Welch	-	August 1, 1985	June 22, 1986	(born 1934)

12	GEN John T. Chain, Jr.	-	June 22, 1986	January 24, 1991	(born 1934)

13	GEN George Lee Butler	-	January 25, 1991	June 1, 1992	(born 1939)

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