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 | | Kent International Airport is an airport, formerly a Royal Air Force airbase (RAF Manston), in Kent, England. |
 | | From July 1950 to June 1958 USAAF fighters, fighter bombers, such as F-84 Thunderstreaks, F-86 Sabres, T-6 Harvards, and T-33s all with support aircraft, and air-sea rescue H-16 Albatross 'amphibians', were operational at Manston. |
 | | In view of its runway, the fourth longest in the UK, Manston has also been listed by NASA although never used, as an emergency diversionary landing strip for the space shuttle program. |
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