Between 1948 and 1992, personnel and aircraft of the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command were routinely deployed to bases in England. An informal agreement to base SAC bombers in the UK was
Wartime comrades: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder (left) and Major General Carl Spaatz in Algiers in February 1943.
Bell-Atlanta B-29 Superfortress (44-84088) assigned to the 718th Bombardment Squadron, 28th Bombardment Group at RAF Scampton in 1948
Boeing B-50 Superfortress (49–2600 of the 93d Bombardment Group at RAF St Eval in 1950
Boeing B-50A Superfortress (47–101) of 43d Bombardment Wing at Leeds Bradford Airport in 1953
RAF Lakenheath
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Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, 4.7 miles north-east of Mildenhall and 8.3 miles west of Thetford. The ins
An aerial view of RAF Lakenheath
USAF A Boeing B-47E-50-LM in flight.
A F-100D Super Sabre of 494 Tactical Fighter Squadron 48 TFW, 1965
48th TFW McDonnell F-4D Phantom II, 1974, note the tri-colour fin tip