Download or read book Rise and Defend written by Duncan Curtis and published by Crecy Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taken over by the United States Air Force in 1950 due to the developing Cold War, the ex-RAF station at Manston in Kent served as a forward air base from which American aircrat could be deployed to meet the threat of incoming Soviet bombers.