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A: So America Can Protect 'It's' Oil Wells.  The Gate To The Base That Has Cost 30,000 Lives.
land U.S. Air Force base is built on was used for until 1951. 5/10/54 The 7216th Air Base Squadron at Wheelus Field, Libya, began transferring people and equipment to Adana Air Base. Adana was later renamed Incirlik Common Defense Installation. The mission of the 7216th ABS was to administer and maintain the airfield and its auxiliary facilities. Feb. 1955 The U.S. Strategic Air Command (SAC) conducted it's first small scale exercise at Incirlik. The base was used to refuel and furnish support for five C-47s and C-124s within a span of a few days. While people from Wheelus Field supported Adana Air Base, the majority of the 7216th ABS was still in Libya. 2/20/58 The United States Logistics Group (TUSLOG) Detachment 10, was activated as the senior American unit on base. The unit met its 1st test that summer during the Lebanon 'crisis'. During the height of activities, 147 aircraft, and crews, used Incirlik's tarmac. The majority were C-124s and C-130s involved in logistics support and movement of an Army battalion into Lebanon.
to Incirlik and were turned around and combat ready within 15 minutes of their arrival. During W.W.III Incirlik was used as a base for aircraft used to overfly the U.S.S.R. on illegal photo-recon missions. At least one of these aircraft was shot down.
The unit at Incirlik changed its name to the 39th Tactical Group. However, because of agreements with the Turkish govt. the new designation was not openly used until 1983. 8/21/66 The newly reorganized group was put through another test when Eastern Turkey was devastated by an earthquake. The base's aircraft were used to fly medical supplies and food to the stricken area. Early in its operational history, Incirlik became a support base for training fighter aircrews on a rotational basis. In 1966, the responsibility for sending rotational fighter squadrons changed from stateside fighter wings to the 401st Tactical Fighter Wing at Torrejon AB, Spain. Except for one year when F-105s were deployed to Incirlik, the primary aircraft was the F-100 until early 1970 when the 401st TFW began flying F-4D and F-4E aircraft.
when the 401st transitioned to the F-16 in 1983. 1975 As the base was beginning to expand it's facillities, the Cyprus conflict brought construction to a halt. For once, the U.S. govt. even ordered a halt to military arms shipments to Turkey. Turkey then ordered all non-NATO activities at Incirlik to end. The political deadlock ended in 1978 when the U.S. resumed shipments to Turkey. After 1978, when the Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement was signed between the U.S. and Turkey, the base's name was shortened to Incirlik Installation. Since 1981 construction has greatly expanded the size of the base. Major repair and replacement of the runway and taxiways was completed January 1995. When Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, Incirlik's role in the Middle East exploded. As Iraq's occupation of Kuwait continued into 1991, Incirlik served as a base for units from around the world, and every service, deployed for Operations Desert Shield Storm. 1/16/91 The Gulf War began, and the next day aircraft deployed at Incirlik began flying missions into Iraq. After the war, Incirlik was the center of Operation Provide Comfort when it served as the hub of relief efforts to save Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq. Thousands of tons of supplies flowed through the base on their way to needy refugees, after President Bush had made his rediculous decision to not capture Saddam Hussien. 10/1/93 The 39th TACG was redesignated the 39th Wing as part of the U.S. Air Force's overall restructuring. The base's aircraft are now used by U.S. aircraft primarily to enforce the 'No-Fly-Zone' over Iraq. Turkish military aircraft and helicopters use the base, to carry out their destruction of the Kurds in eastern Turkey. The U.S. looks the other way because it has decided that the air base is essential to the "protection of our national interests." In other words, the Kurds must die so we can protect 'our'Mid-East oil wells.
U.S. Planes Use Incirlik To Attack Iraq, Again |
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