US Intensifying Plans To Move Its Main Military Base At Incirlik To Greece

A U.S. Air Force (USAF) C-5 Galaxy Outsize Cargo Transport Aircraft lands at Incirlik air base in Adana, Turkey, August 10, 2015. (Reuters)

Arab News: US intensifying plans to move military assets from Incirlik to Greece

* The US is considering Souda Bay on the Greek island of Crete as an alternative to Incirlik
* Erdogan has also threatened to kick the US military off Incirlik air base if Congress imposes sanctions on Turkey

NEW YORK: The US is exploring plans to relocate some of its important assets from the Incirlik air base in Turkey to Greece.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will discuss such proposals on his visit to Souda Bay, a US naval facility on the northern shores of the Geek island of Crete.

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee for Europe, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Jonson, had already mentioned earlier in September that the US is considering Souda Bay as an alternative to Incirlik.

Jonson told the Washington Examiner that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “disturbing” foreign policy has spurred American officials to intensify preparations to withdraw from Incirlik.

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Previous Post: Will The U.S. Military Leave Incirlik Air Force Base In Turkey And Relocate To The Greek Island Of Crete? (September 12, 2020).

WNU Editor: Talk about moving the US base has been intensifying for the past few weeks. I still have my doubts that it will happen.