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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 The U.S. has notified Britain that the missiles will be withdrawn next year.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...
Turkey. One Jupiter squadron. Also a TAC base...
...Netherlands. TAC base...
Japan. Four TAC bases. No SAC bombers, no missiles...
Okinawa. Two TAC bases, including several score F-100 fighter-bombers capable of carrying nuclear bombs. Also, the Air Force is building launching sites for 1,500-mile Mace B missiles, capable of striking Red China. The U.S. holds its bases under an agreement with Japan that runs until...