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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.
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]
Air Manas was a low-cost airline headquartered in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan with its base at Manas International Airport. [ 2 ] In October 2022, it was reported that the airline was grounded due to sanctions imposed on its Russian aircraft lessor.
Multirole F-16 combat squadrons in Western Turkey. Bandırma Air Base: LTBG Balıkesir: Former 1st TAF 6th MJBC Multirole F-16 combat squadrons in Northwestern Turkey, by the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul. Çiğli Air Base: LTBL İzmir: TAF Training 2nd MJBFTCC Main advanced flying training airbase. Diyarbakır Air Base: LTCC Diyarbakır: Former ...
All Kyrgyz military aircraft are reportedly based at Kant, alongside the Russian 999th Air Base. [12] 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.
Damaged U.S. relations with Turkey over its incursion in Syria raise a question rarely discussed in public: Should the United States remove the nuclear bombs it has long stored at a Turkish air base?
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.