https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Manston
During the Cold War of the 1950s the United States Air Force used RAF Manston as a Strategic Air Command base for its bomber, fighter and fighter-bomber units.. In the early 1950s, SAC's backbone bombers were the Convair B-36 Peacemaker and Boeing B-47 Stratojet.To support this strategy, the SAC 7th Air Division was established in May 1951. At the time, Manston had only …