Close to many of the world’s potential trouble spots—Iraq, Armenia and Iran to name a few—Incirlik Air Base is an important base in NATO’s Southern Region. As a prime staging location, Incirlik offers a 10,000-foot main runway and 9,000-foot alternate runway, both sitting amidst 57 hardened aircraft shelters. It also serves as a regional storage center for war reserve materiels — supplies and equipment used in combat operations.
Prior to September 11, 2001 the base’s human element included nearly 1,400 US Air Force military members, more than 670 US and Turkish civilian employees, more than 2,000 family members, nearly 900 Turkish maintenance contractors, and approximately 1,700 people deployed to support
ONW.
As of late 2002, there were roughly 4,000 personnel stationed at Incirlik with less than half being assigned to
ONW. Reports indicate that the breakdown of the coalition effort is that there 1,161 US, 215 British, 41 Turkish personnel at the facility.
Main
phone numbers: 011-90-71-221-1774 or DSN 676-1110
