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USAF air base siting in the former French protectorate in Morocco developed out of the Allied presence there at the close of World War II.In the early 1950s, SAC developed an "Operation Reflex" strategy between its southern bases and Morocco, with B-36 and B-47 wings rotating to North Africa for extended temporary duty as a staging area for bombers pointed at the Soviet Union.
Sidi Slimane was also used by the Seventeenth Air Force (17 AF) of United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), which assigned the 324th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron equipped with F-86D Sabres to provide air defense of the USAF bases in Morocco during the 1950s. Sidi Slimane Air Base was the location of a Broken Arrow nuclear incident on 31 ...
Ben Guerir Air Base is a Royal Moroccan Air Force base in the Marraksh-Safi region, located about 58 kilometres (36 mi) north of Marrakech, near the town of Ben Guerir. It previously served as a United States Air Force base and Transatlantic Abort Landing (TAL) site for the Space Shuttle .
The 1956 B-47 disappearance was an aviation incident during the Cold War in which a United States Air Force Boeing B-47 Stratojet vanished over the Mediterranean Sea on March 10, 1956, during a routine mission. Despite extensive search efforts, no aircraft or device remains were recovered.
Nouasseur Air Base, French Morocco (later, Morocco), 28 May 1953 – 8 March 1960 George Air Force Base, CA, 8 July 1962 McConnell Air Force Base, KS, 21 July 1964 (deployed at Yokota Air Base, Japan, c. 9 August 1964 – c. 9 December- 1964 and at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, c. 12 June 1965 – c. 8 November 1965)
During Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, the Iraqi Air Force essentially stood down except in a few cases of self-defence against US and British air strikes. Despite their size – or exactly because of it – most of these airfields were barely defended in 2003 and with a few exceptions, the "Super Base" facilities were captured intact with ...
The number of active duty Air Force Bases within the United States rose from 115 in 1947 to peak at 162 in 1956 before declining to 69 in 2003 and 59 in 2020. This change reflects a Cold War expansion, retirement of much of the strategic bomber force, and the post–Cold War draw-down.
Naval Air Station Port Lyautey is a former United States Navy Naval Air Station in Morocco, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-northwest of Kenitra and about 120 kilometres (75 mi) northeast of Casablanca. The Naval Air Station was turned over to the Royal Moroccan Air Force and the last