In Fiction
Literary scholars have suggested that in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell's use of the term "Airstrip One" for Britain was a reference to the concept that for NATO, England was little more than a glorified airbase, a natural "aircraft carrier," from which to base the sorties of the seemingly inevitable World War III.
Read more about this topic: Strategic Air Command In The United Kingdom
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