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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

Incirlik Air Base

A US Air Force F15 fighter jet takes off at Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. (AP Photo)
October 15, 2019, 3:00 am
US said considering plan to remove nukes from Turkish base near Syrian border
American military believed to keep some 50 tactical nuclear bombs at Incirlik in southern Turkey; official says bombs effectively hostage to Erdogan
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Image of Russian S-400 long-range air defense missile systems deployed at Hemeimeem air base in Syria, December 16, 2015. (Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
August 22, 2018, 2:05 am
In latest strain on US-Turkey ties, Russia to deliver S-400 to Ankara by 2019
US officials see Erdogan’s increasingly cozy relations with Putin as a threat, and Trump has signed a law prohibiting delivery of F-35s if Turkey follows through on purchase
By ToI Staff and AFP
Illustrative photo of an F-35 fighter jet. (US DoD/Staff Sgt. Devin Doskey, US Air Force)
August 14, 2018, 12:56 pm
Trump restricts delivery of F-35s to Turkey, deepening rift with NATO ally
Transfer of fighter jets halted over Ankara’s interest in Russian air defense system amid diplomatic crisis sparked by detained American pastor
By ToI Staff and AFP
Syrian Democratic Forces advance in an area north-east of Raqqa, on February 5, 2017, during their advance towards the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold. (AFP Photo/Delil Souleiman)
March 9, 2017, 4:52 pm
Turkey warns US relations at risk if Kurds help retake Raqqa
PM Binali Yildirim decries American cooperation with Kurdish ‘terrorist organization’ over the objections of a NATO ally
By Josh Lederman
A US Air Force plane takes off from the Incirlik airbase in southern Turkey, September 1, 2013. (AP/Vadim Ghirda, File)
August 21, 2016, 12:21 pm
Turkey PM: Russia can share Incirlik airbase with US ‘if necessary’
But Moscow ‘doesn’t need’ key facility used by US-led coalition to launch airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria, says Binali Yildirim
By Tamar Pileggi
A United States Air Force cargo plane maneuvers on the runway after it landed at the Incirlik Air Base, in Adana, southern Turkey, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015. (AP Photo)
August 15, 2016, 9:58 am
US nukes at Turkey base at risk of seizure — report
Think tank warns nuclear assets at Incirlik airfield could fall to ‘hostile elements’ amid protracted civil strife
By AFP and ToI Staff
A US Air Force plane takes off from the Incirlik airbase in southern Turkey, September 1, 2013. (AP/Vadim Ghirda, File)
July 17, 2016, 10:14 pm
Post putsch, US-led coalition resumes strikes on IS from Turkey
Amid rising Washington-Ankara tensions over failed coup attempt, Pentagon says its NATO ally reopens airspace to military aircraft
By AFP and ToI Staff
File: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, with US President Barack Obama during a bilateral meeting in 2011. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
July 17, 2016, 3:30 am
US-Turkish tensions rise after failed coup attempt
Ankara official claims US involvement in putsch, as Erdogan delivers veiled threat to end anti-IS cooperation
By Bradley Klapper
Turkish citizens wave their national flag as they protest against the military coup outside Turkey's parliament, near Turkish military headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, July 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
July 17, 2016, 3:07 am
Across Turkey, crowds rejoice at coup’s failure
Ankara’s authoritarian President Erdogan seen strengthened by unsuccessful bid to overthrow him by force
By Suzan Fraser and DOMINIQUE SOGUEL
US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and Luxembourg Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean Asselborn pay tribute to the victims of the July 14 attack in Nice at the Monument of Remembrance in Luxembourg on July 16, 2016. (AFP Photo/Thierry Monasse)
July 16, 2016, 10:52 pm
Kerry says no one saw Turkey coup bid coming
Secretary of state says Washington unaware putsch was brewing in NATO ally, restates support for Erdogan government
By AFP
In this June 9, 2015 file photo, Retired Gen. John Allen, special US envoy for the global coalition to counter Islamic State militants, speaks in Zagreb, Croatia. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)
October 28, 2015, 11:10 pm
US official: Europe could become more involved in Syria
President Obama’s anti-IS envoy says efforts underway to persuade allies on the continent to join combat operations
By AP
A masked Turkish police officer secures a road leading to the US Consulate building in Istanbul, August 10, 2015. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
August 10, 2015, 4:10 pm
Female suspect caught after US Istanbul consulate shooting
Second assailant escapes; state-run media says far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front responsible
By AP and ToI Staff
A Turkish Air Force warplane takes off from the Incirlik Air Base, on the outskirts of the city of Adana, southeastern Turkey, Tuesday, July 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
August 9, 2015, 11:22 pm
US deploys F-16s to Turkey to fight Islamic State
Six jets dispatched to Incirlik Air Force Base for first time since deal reached with Ankara last month
By AFP
US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Turkey’'s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu wait for a meeting in Kuala Lumpur, August 5, 2015. (AFP/POOL/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI)
August 5, 2015, 1:55 pm
Turkey poised for battle against Islamic State
Foreign minister says ‘extensive’ fight to begin as soon as US military hardware starts arriving on Turkish soil
By AP
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