Difference between revisions of "İncirlik Air Base"

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'''Incirlik Air Base''' is a  huge [[U.S.]] [[air base]] <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150927090358/http://www.incirlik.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6538</ref> located in the city of [[Adana]], [[Turkey]].
  
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Incirlik Air Base has a U.S. Air Force complement of about five thousand airmen, with several hundred airmen from the [[Royal Air Force]] and [[Turkish Air Force]] also present, as of late 2002. The primary unit stationed at Incirlik Air Base is the [[39th Air Base Wing]] (39 ABW) of the U.S. Air Force.
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[[Tactical nuclear weapon]]s are stored at the base.<ref name="Tactical Nuclear Weapons">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16877666</ref><ref name="newyorker">https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-h-bombs-in-turkey |magazine=The New Yorker</ref> Among them are "up to" 50 [[B61 nuclear bomb]]s.<ref>https://www.apnews.com/182a2170a1d24ac6b4f0c7242d8ff514</ref>
  
  

Latest revision as of 15:04, 11 July 2022

Place.png İncirlik Air Base
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İncirlik Air Base Map.png
Huge U.S. air base in Turkey.

Incirlik Air Base is a huge U.S. air base [1] located in the city of Adana, Turkey.

Incirlik Air Base has a U.S. Air Force complement of about five thousand airmen, with several hundred airmen from the Royal Air Force and Turkish Air Force also present, as of late 2002. The primary unit stationed at Incirlik Air Base is the 39th Air Base Wing (39 ABW) of the U.S. Air Force.

Tactical nuclear weapons are stored at the base.[2][3] Among them are "up to" 50 B61 nuclear bombs.[4]


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