I think that was SAC (Strategic Air Command) which was shut down in 1992 <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Strategic_Air_Command" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Strategic_Air_Command</a><p>&quot;Following Operation Desert Storm, the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the de facto end of the Cold War, President George H. W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney directed SAC to take all bomber and refueling aircraft and Minuteman II ICBM&#x27;s off of continuous nuclear alert on 27 September 1991[85] and placing said aircraft on quick reaction ground alert&quot;<p>So, still ready for Armageddon, but with a bit higher latency.