Excellent resources, ThomasP. Thank you, sharing with several colleagues.
The "crew dogs" flying B-52s were REAL cranky about SAC Omaha dictating tactics, which were largely unimaginative and therefore predictable. Additionally the "doomsday" ECM options were not allowed, lest the Soviets anticipate...doomsday.
It's a large story still worth studying because of the marginal-to-failed leadership lessons. One of my flying buds knew Meyer in the AF and asked him, "Johnny, what are you doing in SAC? You're a fighter pilot!" To which JCM replied, "That's where the stars grow."
The hero of B-52 crews was BGEN Glen Sullivan in Thailand who laid his stars and future on the line by standing up for his men. He cited the unpleasant facts, forcing SAC to allow the warfighters to more say in conduct of operations. He committed the ultimate bureaucratic sin: showing his superiors to be wrong.
Look up Marshall Michel's excellent books on Linebacker and the Eleven Days of Christmas.