... and think this was years before the 'cheese eating surrender monkeys' tag was coined!
Father was based at Brize when this happened, and as a fair few USAF personnel from U Heyford lived in the Family Qtrs nearby.
I vividly remember the change in attitude as this went down. They were immensely proud of pulling it off despite the constraints imposed by their European mainland allies, the feeling of loss was also very real.
Great people.
And think they use U Heyford to park cars now !