Say Goodbye to Manas in 2014

[addict]

It's a little over a magical 4 hours from LRCK into Afghanistan. Good hub with sea and rail. Tanker units trying to figure out how to squeeze in?

Edited October 22, 2013 by addict

[WABoom]

Tanker units trying to figure out how to squeeze in?

I sure as hell hope so!

[GBock]

Not gunna happen.

https://www.stripes.com/news/air-force/fairchild-afb-crews-to-leave-kyrgyzstan-1.248454

...but, that doesn't rule out some other potential "good deal" down the road.

Edited October 23, 2013 by GBock

[Hueypilot]

The usual journalism excellence continues:

The U.S. military base in Afghanistan, located alongside a commercial airport outside the capital city of Bishkek, has been a politically divisive issue in Kyrgyzstan, pitting pro-democracy reformers against pro-Moscow hard-liners.

Didnt realize Bishkek is the capital of Afghanistan.

Earlier this year, three Fairchild crew members died when their KC-135 exploded above a rugged mountain range about 100 miles west of the base. The cause remains under investigation, but authorities have said the tanker was flying into a lightning storm.

Which authorities??