#airbase

[saywhat-politics]

[nocternalrandomness]

"Dramatic Departure"

[theworldatwar]

British RAF Spitfire PR.XI PM151 of 400 Sqn at Kleine Brogel Air Base - Belgium, April 1945. Unfortunately the plane was destroyed in an accident whilst landing later that year. CREDIT : @usafphantom2 / SpitfireAA810

[postcard-from-the-past]

Preparing an airship at the Rochefort-sur-Mer Naval Airbase, Saintonge region of France

French vintage postcard

[impoliticwestie]

Reinforced Concrete Aircraft Bunker, Abandoned Željava Military Aerodrome, Border of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2025.

[planeyboys]

He's got food, water, a little plastic windsock

all the amenities

[prof-grace-aspen]

Qatar is not getting an air base in Idaho.

They are coming to train their air forces at a base that already exists in Idaho that is commonly used for training, and has hosted foreign air forces before. Our government gave them a bunch of F-15’s so they’re coming to learn how to fly them. Specific facilities are being built ON the property of the base that already exists to serve this training function.

On top of that, this plan isn’t new. Trump and Hegseth didn’t come up with it out of the blue; it’s been in the works for several years. It’s also nowhere near unprecedented. We host foreign militaries all the time, and have built facilities to host them on bases in the past.

Things to know about the Qatar training facility planned for an Idaho Air Force base

When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning that the federal government had reached an agreement with Qatar to build a

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