Ring Around Russia

Last week brought good news of air bases for the West's air arm: P:The U.S. Air Force announced conclusion of an agreement with France to build five permanent air bases and a permanent headquarters for the Strategic Air Command's 5th Air Division in Morocco. From Britain, an unrevealed number of B50 medium bombers flew to the new bases (see map) described as "under development." P:The U.S. reached agreement with Saudi Arabia to use its huge U.S.-built Dhahran Airfield for the next five years. Hitherto, the U.S. has had only year-to-year agreements. The field can handle the Air Force's largest strategic bombers, commands the whole Middle East area. P: In Washington, the House Armed Services Committee voted more than a billion dollars to the U.S. Air Force for construction of new secret bases, many of them reportedly in the Mediterranean and Middle East, within striking distance of the Soviet Union.

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