A complete history of the USAF 3rd AF in Britain post WW II. Units, bases, operations, the ''enmey'' -- the Warpac, the LSK/LV and the Soviet 16th Air Army in East Germany. UK LOckheed U-2 spyplane and SR-71 Blackbird ''ops''. F-111''s, the Libyan Raid, the48th FW. Soviet withdrawal and USAF drawdown. detailed list of comunist ''shoot-downs'' of US and Allied aircraft during the ''Cold War stand-off.
