© FNAA leading Turkish newspaper disclosed that the US has established a secret base in Turkey near the borders with Iran which is heavily guarded
"The US has allocated a heavy budget in 2018 to improve the situation of its military bases in Turkey, specially the air force budget," it added.
"The military structure of the base and the type of military equipment and ammunition existing in there are still unknown," the paper said.
It added that while the budget demanded for the US base in Incirlik is clear, the money spent on other bases in Turkey has remained a secret.
The US military in March denied news reports that it was preparing to abandon bases in Qatar and Turkey.
"The US is not leaving Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, nor is the US leaving Al Udeid AB, Qatar. These reports are false and without merit," CENTCOM said.
Along NATO's Southern flank in Turkey and across the Persian Gulf, the future of America's bases in the region has long been a source of speculation.
I personally would hate to be either:
- on the receiving end of one of those LOUDEST of and cruelest of airplanes; or
- in the cockpit when when a Hypersonic SAM takes out its engines ; or
- even worse, when a merely supersonic SAM( a slower flying missile) blows up next to its cockpit, such as Ukraine used against MH17. (Odds that's true re Ukraine? 84/16)
R.C.
*I once 'wasted,' according to one of my lesser girlfriends, an "Entire Wedding Reception!" talking to 'that old man'. He'd been a P-61 Night Fighter Pilot at the end of WWII, and also in Korea as ground attack.
He told me that when they took off - half, was it? - of their weight was in munitions. (It may have been 1/3 plane & people, 1/3 fuel, and 1/3 munitions - though.)
I presume he deserves this R.I.P., though I do not know.
R.C.