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Bagram Airfield-BAF, also known as Bagram Air Base [3] (IATA: OAI, ICAO: OAIX), is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southeast of Charikar in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan. It is under the Afghan Ministry of Defense .
The withdrawal from the airfield is the clearest indication that U.S. troops have left the country or are nearing a departure, months ahead of the departure deadline set by President Biden.
The 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. During the 2010s, the squadron provided airlift during the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) .
The U.S. military left Bagram Airfield - its key base in Afghanistan - in the dead of night without telling the Afghans, the base's new commander said.
Bagram Air Base was established by the U.S. in the 1950s. [5] [6] It was used by the Soviet Red Army during the 1980s Soviet–Afghan War. [7] [8] The airfield included large hangars that fell into disrepair amidst the 1990s civil war. After removal of the Taliban and formation of the Karzai administration, the U.S. took control of the base. It ...
The Taliban hold a military parade to celebrate the third anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan, at the Bagram Air Base, in Bagram, Parwan province, Aug. 14, 2024.
On 1 May 2012, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and U.S. President Barack Obama signed SASPA, [1] [33] after Obama arrived in Afghanistan as part of unannounced trip on the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death [34] to sign the agreement, to visit American troops and to address the American nation from Bagram Air Base about his plans to ...
The historic Soviet-built air strip was the main base for American forces in Afghanistan following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks up until their 2021 withdrawal led to the takeover by the Islamist ...