 Allen then served as the Arc Light liaison officer at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., from April through September 1972.Allen was an air operations staff officer at Headquarters Strategic Air Command (SAC), Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, until March 1974.His varied duties included the certification of Navy sea mines for use on B-52D's and feasibility tests of B-52 high-altitude laser-guided bomb delivery.