Incirlik Air Base

Incirlik Air Base is a Turkish air base of slightly more than 3320 ac, located in the İncirlik quarter of the city of Adana, Turkey. The base is within an urban area of 1.7 million people, 10km east of the city core, and 32km 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. Also, the base is the home of the 74th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment of the Spanish ArmyIncirlik Air Base is the home of the 10th Air Wing of the 2nd Air Force Command of the Turkish Air Force . Other wings of this command are located in Merzifon, Malatya/Erhaç and Diyarbakır .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 of the U.S. Air Force. Incirlik Air Base has one 3048m-long runway, located among about 57 hardened aircraft shelters. Tactical nuclear weapons are stored at the base.