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Transit Center at Manas (formerly Manas Air Base and unofficially Ganci Air Base) is a former U.S. military installation at Manas International Airport, near Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. It was primarily operated by the U.S. Air Force. The primary unit at the base was the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing.
The American forces christened the site "Ganci Air Base", after New York Fire Department chief Peter J. Ganci, Jr., who was killed in the 11 September terrorist attacks. It was later given the official name of Manas Air Base, renamed Transit Center at Manas in 2009, and closed and handed over to Kyrgyz authorities in 2014. [citation needed]
In 2007 and 2011, the air base hosted the USAF Thunderbirds during the air shows that took place at the airport. [1] With the closure of the Transit Center at Manas in Kyrgyzstan, the United States military transferred processing operations for military deploying to Afghanistan and other locations to the base.
On Sept. 8, 2005, the Department of Defense's Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) gave President George W. Bush a list of 20 major military installations that it had determined were no ...
The Department of Defense's Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) plans to close 20 military bases across the country by Sept. 15, 2011. Once a military facility closes, the ripple effect ...
On 3 February 2009, President Bakiyev announced the imminent closure of the Manas Air Base, the only US military base remaining in Central Asia. [79] The closure was approved by Parliament on 19 February 2009 by a vote of 78–1 for the government-backed bill. [ 80 ]
Bakyt Beshimov came under intense pressure for actively opposing the Kyrgyz government's initial decision to close a US air base, now the Transit Center at Manas. [35] He was the only MP to vote for keeping the base open. [36]
In June 2006, Loftis and Foreign Minister Alikbek Jekshenkulov led a delegation to negotiate the terms of a U.S. military air base in Kyrgyzstan. Loftis took part in a round of talks to ensure U.S. interests in the Manas Air Base , a base that has strategic value due to the closure of the Khanabad air base in neighboring Uzbekistan which was ...