RAF Alconbury (Cambs) Once a major USAF bomber and spy-plane base, this outpost of US power in the Cambridgeshire Fens is now home to an intelligence-analysis centre (along with nearby RAF Molesworth).
Part of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, however, had already gone south in November; and the surviving major ships and bomber aircraft, which were vulnerable for lack of fighter protection, were withdrawn in the next fortnight to safety in bases in Java and Australia.
Suicide Bombers Kill 71 At a Major Shiite Mosque Three suicide bombers, including at least one who appeared to be a woman, killed at least 71 people and wounded at least 140 at the main mosque of the most powerful Shiite political party in Iraq.
Suicide bombers at major shrines have attacked the mass gatherings of devotees, who flock to hear music and drumming and to meditate, sometimes with the assistance of cannabis.
When the family arrived at Berlin's Zoo Station, the city was in flames following a major sortie by Allied bombers.
Not long after General Franks took charge of the Central Command in July 2000, the forces under his command were dealt a major setback as suicide bombers blew a hole in the American destroyer Cole as it refueled in Yemen, killing 17 sailors.
No. 482 Squadron continued to provide intermediate-level servicing for the bombers, while major upgrades and complex maintenance involving stripping down the airframe and engines were carried out by No. 3 Aircraft Depot.
The B-52 has been featured in a number of major films, most notably: Bombers B-52 (1957), A Gathering of Eagles (1963), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), and By Dawn's Early Light (1990).
Although he flew with the Royal Air Force during World War II, piloting fighter and bomber aircraft, the major flight research on "Flying Finish" and "Rat Race" was done by his wife.
The attack was the first major bombing since a suicide bomber killed 14 people, including a government minister and a former Olympian, at the start of a marathon on April 6.
