Operation Reflex

Operation Reflex
Reflex Action
Part of Cold War
Torrejon Air Base, a Strategic Air Command Reflex base
Operational scopeStrategic
Location
England, Morocco, Spain
Planned byStrategic Air Command
ObjectiveNuclear deterrence
Date1 November 1957 (1957-11-01)–31 March 1965 (1965-03-31)

Operation Reflex was a Cold War operation that placed medium bombers of Strategic Air Command (SAC) on nuclear alert at European and North African stations that were closer to their potential targets than their home bases in the United States. It began in 1957 and continued until 1965, when it ended as a result of the increased number of weapons systems capable of striking targets from stations in the United States, fiscal decisions and the pending removal of Boeing B-47 Stratojets from SAC's inventory.

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