John C. Meyer
General John Charles Meyer (April 3, 1919 – December 2, 1975) was an American World War II flying ace, and later the commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) and director of the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. SAC was the United States' major nuclear deterrent force with bombers, tankers and reconnaissance aircraft and intercontinental ballistic missiles. The Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff coordinated the nation's nuclear war plans and developed the Single Integrated Operations Plan.
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“Old men who never cheated, never doubted,
Communicated monthly, sit and stare
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