A visit to Bentwaters Cold War Museum

I recently visited the Bentwaters Cold War Museum at the invitation of its curators, the Bentwaters Aviation Society.

September was the 60th anniversary of the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing, a unit that was instrumental in winning the Cold War. With six operational squadrons on both RAFs Bentwaters and Woodbridge, it was the largest fighter wing in U.S. Air Forces in Europe. The 81st TFW flew several different aircraft over a 40-year period, the last being the A-10 Thunderbolt.

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