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SAC IS PHASED OUT After 17-Year Era
UPI reports the U S Strategic Air Command ends its 17 year Britain presence. SAC targets, Thor missiles, and B47 bombers are shipped to the United States. The 8th Air Force remains to control tactical units as Britain shifts away from nuclear deterrence history notes from South Ruislip. Potentially multiple dates.
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United States
England
Daniel F. Gilmore
South Ruislip
UPI
U.S. Strategic Air Command
SAC
Britain
Royal Air Force
Col
Ervin Wursten
7Th Air Division
Wycombe Abbey
London
Royal Air Force Bomber Command
8Th Air Force
U.S
Europe
China
NATO
Korea
West
Berlin
Lebanon
SAC i
8Td Air Force
Carl A. Spaatz
Ira C. Baker
James H. Doolittle
Curtis E. Lemay
8Th
Germany