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İncirlik Air Base

Sarıçam, Turkey

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Sarıçam · 01 · Turkey

Position

37.002°, 35.426° · 238 ft elev.

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Strategic NATO air base in southern Turkey.

Opened

1954

Location

Sarıçam, Turkey

İncirlik Air Base is a major military installation located near Adana in Sarıçam district, Turkey. It is jointly operated by the Turkish Air Force and the United States Air Force under a bilateral defense agreement, serving as one of the most strategically important NATO bases in the region. The base has played a significant role in numerous military operations, including Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and the fight against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. In July 2016, the base was temporarily shut down to US forces during the coup attempt in Turkey, highlighting its geopolitical sensitivity. İncirlik hosts the 39th Air Base Wing of the US Air Force and is reported to store US tactical nuclear weapons as part of NATO's nuclear sharing arrangement. The base is not open to commercial civilian aviation.

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›Jointly operated by the Turkish Air Force and the US Air Force under NATO agreements.
›Reported storage site for US B61 nuclear gravity bombs under NATO nuclear sharing.
›Temporarily denied US forces access during the July 2016 Turkish coup attempt.
›Home to the US Air Force's 39th Air Base Wing.
›Has been used as a staging ground for operations in the Middle East since the Cold War.

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Incirlik Air Base is a Turkish air base of slightly more than 3320 ac, located in the İncirlik quarter of the city of Adana, Turkey. The base is within an urban area of 1.7 million people, 10 km (6 mi) east of the city core, and 32 km (20 mi) inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The United States Air Force and the Turkish Air Force are the primary users of the air base, although it is at times also used by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Saudi Air Force. The base is also the home of the 73rd Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment of the Spanish Army.

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