Incirlik Air Base

The İncirlik Air Base, an important regional storage center in NATO's Southern Region is located in İncirlik, 12 km east of Adana, Turkey's fourth largest city, and 56 km from the Mediterranean Sea (37°00'N 35°26'E).

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Regional storage center - NATO - Southern Region - İncirlik - Km - Adana - Turkey - Mediterranean Sea - 37°00'N - 35°26'E

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The airbase has a United States Air Force (USAF) staff of ca. 4,000, with several hundred British and Turkish personnel attached (-late 2002). The primary unit stationed here is the 39th Air Base Wing (39 ABW).

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United States Air Force - British - 39th Air Base Wing

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There are around 36 fighter jets and assorted support/surveillance planes based here. The airbase has one 3,050 m and an alternate 2,740 m runway, both sitting amidst 57 hardened aircraft shelters.

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Fighter - Jet - Surveillance - Planes - M - Runway

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