Whenever I had to do a duty visit to any USAF base in the UK (Mildenhall, Lakenheath & Upper Heyford) it was very rare to get a salute from a noncom, or a junior ranking officer; this applied whether I was in No 2 with shoulder rank tabs or a full-blown No 1. This was little America and as insular and ignorant of the outside world as their mainland.
