21. This high pressure system brings cold and dry, polar continental air masses to Buenos Aires. 22. Continental Air Command was re-designated Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) on 21 March 1946.23. Continental Air Defense Command ( CONAD ) directed the dispersal of Grand Island Airport, Nebraska.24. Grenier AFB was assigned to First Air Force, Continental Air Command on 1 November 1955. 25. Maritime air is humid, and continental air is dry. 26. In 1948 Continental Air Command assumed the responsibility for managing reserve and Air National Guard units. 27. It was assigned to Fourteenth Air Force, Continental Air Command, with Wing Headquarters at Berry Field. 28. Continental Air Defense Command ( CONAD ) directed the dispersal of interceptors within the United States.29. Reassigned to the United States as part of Continental Air Forces ( later Strategic Air Command ). 30. In 1958, the line became a cornerstone of the new NORAD organization of joint continental air defense.
