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Transit Center at Manas (formerly Manas Air Base and unofficially Ganci Air Base) is a former U.S. military installation at Manas International Airport, near Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. It was primarily operated by the U.S. Air Force. The primary unit at the base was the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing.
Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 130 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 43.5° N; S: 39.0° N; W: 69.0° E; E: 80.6° E; Date: 26 September 2008: Source: own work, using United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency data; World Data Base II data; Author: NordNordWest
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All aircraft are reportedly based at Kant, alongside the Russian 999th Air Base. [5] Because of expense and military doctrine, Kyrgyzstan has not developed its air capability; a large number of the MiG-21 interceptors that it borrowed from Russia were returned in 1993, although a number of former Soviet air bases remain available.
Kant Air Base (Russian: Авиабаза Кант Aviabaza Kant) (ICAO: UAFW) is a military air base in Ysyk-Ata District of Chüy Region in Kyrgyzstan. It is located just south of Kant , around 20 km east of Bishkek and is home to the Russian Aerospace Forces' 999th Air Base.
"ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2006-01-12. "UN Location Codes: Kyrgyzstan". UN/LOCODE 2006-2. UNECE. 2007-04-30. – includes IATA codes; Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Kyrgyzstan – IATA and ICAO codes; World Aero Data: Kyrgyzstan – ICAO codes and coordinates
The American forces christened the site "Ganci Air Base", after New York Fire Department chief Peter J. Ganci, Jr., who was killed in the 11 September terrorist attacks. It was later given the official name of Manas Air Base, renamed Transit Center at Manas in 2009, and closed and handed over to Kyrgyz authorities in 2014. [citation needed]