Turkey: US Air Base, Nuclear Bombs Surrounded By Citizens, Troops & Trucks
Thousands of Turkish troops, citizens and police ‘surrounded’ the
Incirlik air base it operates with the United States Saturday night.
Turkish authorities restored
access to and from the key US air base early Sunday, local media
reported, the day the U.S. top military official is scheduled to visit
the country and tour the base. Incirlik air base is used by US and NATO
forces to launch air strikes and drone attacks on Syria and Iraq. The US
stores an estimated 50 hydrogen nuclear bombs at the air base.
A frontal view of four B-61 nuclear free-fall bombs on a bomb cart. (DoD photo)
