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