Word: sac
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Britain. Four Strategic Air Command (SAC) bases, plus several Tactical Air Command (TAC) bases. The SAC planes are B-47s with a range of 4,000 miles; 7,200-mile B-52s are sometimes deployed overseas temporarily, but most B-52s are based within the U.S. The U.S. missile force in Britain consists of some 60 Thor IRBMs under dual U.S.- British control. The U.S. has notified Britain that the missiles will be withdrawn next year. At Holy Loch, in Scotland, the Navy has its only foreign Polaris station...
West Germany. The weapons of the U.S. forces stationed in Germany include tactical missiles, but no IRBMs or SAC bombers. The Air Force has eight bases, all tactical...
Spain. Three SAC bases. The ten-year agreement between the U.S. and Spain expires in September 1963, but it can be renewed if both countries agree. In deference to Spanish sensibilities, the bases fly the Spanish flag, not the Stars and Stripes...
Morocco. Three SAC bases, but not for long. Under a 1959 agreement, the U.S. promised to withdraw by the end of 1963. and SAC has already begun shifting planes to bases in Spain. Morocco's neutralist government will probably also insist that the U.S. Navy give up its base at Kenitra, an important communications center for the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean...
Japan. Four TAC bases. No SAC bombers, no missiles...