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Hardcover Rise and Defend: The USAF at Manston 1950-1958 Book

ISBN: 0954560558

ISBN13: 9780954560553

Rise and Defend: The USAF at Manston 1950-1958

Taken over by the United States Air Force in 1950 as a direct result of the developing chill of the Cold War, the ex-RAF station at Manston in Kent served as a forward air base from which American aircraft could be rapidly deployed to meet the threat of incoming Soviet bombers, with an intercept area well away from the UK mainland. Manston also served as a base from which USAF forces in Europe could be speedily reinforced and also hosted some of the...

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