CARAZO,MANUEL
Torrejón Air Base opened officially on 1 June 1957 with SAC activating the 3970th Strategic Wing on 1 July 1957. The base hosting SixteenthAir Force as well as SAC"s 65th Air Division (Defense) where itcooperated with Spanish Air Force units in the Air Defense DirectionCenters (ADDCs). The 65th Air Division directed base construction, and the establishment of off-base housing and radar sites. The division"s fighter squadrons flew air defense interceptions over Spanishairspace.
With the phaseout of the B-47 from SAC in the mid-1960s,the need for SAC European bases diminished. The Sixteenth Air Forcewas turned over to United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE) on 15 April 1966 and the strategic focus changed to tactical. Prior to 1966,Torrejón AB hosted TDY squadrons of tactical aircraft rotating fromCONUS TAC bases which would perform 30-day rotations to Aviano AirBase Italy and Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.
This book tells the story of the Torrejon Air Base from.1957 to 1992