Meanwhile, last month's announcement that America is to withdraw nearly all its forces in the kingdom, including the 5, 000 who man a vast air-command centre near the capital, puts paid to notions that they are an occupying army.

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Commander-in-Chief Strategic Air Command Gen.

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As notable is the assent of retired Air Force General Lee Butler, former head of the Strategic Air Command, who underwent a very public post-service revulsion against America's nuclear strategy.

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Mike Hostage, commander of Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia.

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"Even a six-month stand down of units will have significant long-term, multi-year impacts on our operational readiness, " Air Combat Command spokesman Maj.

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It lists those who received the Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939-45 Star for service in the air under the control of Fighter Command between 10 July and 31 October 1940.

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The biggest concentration is at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, headquarters of the Air Force Materiel Command and the Air Force Research Lab.

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General John Jumper, Air Force chief of staff, says the military is upgrading al-Udeid for use as a command-and-control center if the Saudis put CAOC off-limits.

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RHEIN-MAIN AIR BASE, Germany (CNN) -- Troops of the U.S. 3rd Corps Support Command already knew the drill by the time they headed for Hungary from Wiesbaden, Germany.

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