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An aerial view of the airfield at Incirlik Air Base, c. 1987 Composite Recon Track requiring two missions Incirlik Air Base (Turkish: İncirlik Hava Üssü) (IATA: UAB, ICAO: LTAG) is a Turkish air base of slightly more than 3320 ac (1335 ha), [2] located in the İncirlik quarter of the city of Adana, Turkey.
Turkish Air Force bases (21 P) Turkish Army air bases (2 P) B. Barracks in Turkey (5 P) M. ... Military installations of the United States in Turkey (6 P)
Pages in category "Military installations of the United States in Turkey" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The two have been merged into the Combat Air Force and Missile Air Defence Command (Muharip Hava Kuvveti ve Hava Füze Savunma Komutanlığı), headquartered at Eskişehir Air Base. The main air bases, which are tasked to regularly support full-spectrum operations, including those of the air combat squadrons are brigade equivalents called Main ...
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [ 3 ]
While the overall number of overseas military bases has fallen since 1945, the United States, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Russia and France still possess or utilize a substantial number of them. Smaller numbers of overseas military bases are operated by China, Iran, India, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.
The United States is an important NATO ally with over a thousand military personnel stationed in Turkey. [33] The North Atlantic Treaty Regarding the Status of Their Forces (SOFA) signed in 1952 and 1954 also granted NATO the right to build facilities in Turkey such as the Incirlik air base. [33]
Izmir Air Station is a United States Air Force facility in İzmir, Turkey.It is located 320 km (200 mi) SSW of Istanbul, on the western coast of Turkey.. U.S. responsibilities in the İzmir area began on September 8, 1952 with the activation of Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe and the arrival on October 14, 1953 of the Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force at Sirinyer Garrison south of İzmir.