The US needs air force bases in Europe in order to maintain its political and strategic interests across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the head of the US Eight Air force has said.

The base is also home to the US Air Force’s 48th Fighter Wing – with its F-15 and F35A fighter jets – giving it a crucial role in any US or NATO military operations in Europe. It is not ...

But the incident highlighted the dependence of US forces in Europe on local suppliers and ... Turkiye refused to allow US planes to use its air force base at Incirlik or to cross Turkish airspace.

Despite recently closing hundreds of bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States still maintains nearly ... Hundreds of bases in Europe have closed since the 1990s, but the base and troop ...