Incirlik Air Base

Incirlik Air Base
İncirlik Hava Üssü

Part of United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA)

İncirlik, Adana, Turkey

KC-135R Stratotanker from the Ohio Air National Guard's 121st Air Refueling Wing at Incirlik, Turkey

Incirlik AB

Location of Incirlik Air Base, Turkey

Coordinates

37°00′07″N 035°25′33″E / 37.00194°N 35.42583°ECoordinates: 37°00′07″N 035°25′33″E / 37.00194°N 35.42583°E

Site information

Controlled by

United States Air Force / Turkish Air Force

Site history

Built

1951

In use

1955–present

Garrison information

Garrison

39th Air Base Wing

Airfield information

Identifiers

IATA: UAB, ICAO: LTAG

Elevation

240 feet (73 m) AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
05/23	10,000 feet (3,048 m) Concrete

Incirlik Air Base (Turkish: İncirlik Hava Üssü) (IATA: UAB, ICAO: LTAG) is an air base of slightly more than 3320 ac (1335 ha), located in the İncirlik quarter of the city of Adana, Turkey. The base is within an urban area of 1.7 million people, 10 km (6 mi) east of the city core, and 32 km (20 mi) inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The United States Air Force and the Turkish Air Force are the primary users of the air base, although it is also used by the Royal Air Force and by Royal Saudi Air Force.

Incirlik Air Base is the home of the 10th Air Wing (Ana Jet Üs or AJÜ) of the 2nd Air Force Command (Hava Kuvvet Komutanlığı) of the Turkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri). Other wings of this command are located in Merzifon (LTAP), Malatya/Erhaç (LTAT) and Diyarbakır (LTCC).

Incirlik Air Base has a U.S. Air Force complement of about five thousand airmen, with several hundred airmen from the Royal Air Force and Turkish Air Force also present, as of late 2002. The primary unit stationed at Incirlik Air Base is the 39th Air Base Wing (39 ABW) of the U.S. Air Force. Incirlik Air Base has one 3,048 m (10,000 ft)-long runway, located among about 57 hardened aircraft shelters. Tactical nuclear weapons are stored at the base.

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