Most of this is not correct.
OK, I with held comment before.......
what part is correct?
I would hope not, though I’m all for getting out of Incirlik.
Debka.
**in active American use since 2002**
In the 1960s, we always referred to Incirlik as *Adana*.
German government finds eight alternatives to Incirlik military base in Turkey (DW, 3/29/17)
As for the US situation at Incirlik
Incirlik ensures safe departure of families from Turkey (AF Public Affairs, 4/1/16)
Turkey's power cutoff to Incirlik Air Base a problem for Pentagon - CNN, 7/19/16
Turkey Raises Possibility of Opening Incirlik Air Base to Russia - Military.com 8/23/16
Turkey questions U.S.-led coalition presence at Incirlik air base - Reuters, 1/5/17.
Why Turkey's referendum matters to the U.S. - USA Today, 4/11/17
Bottom line: while this might be fake news (it is Debka, after all), it is fully believable and consistent with available facts. Turkey has always been an issue as far as NATO membership and our operations in the region. You will recall that they initially were going to support operation Desert Storm -- allowing for the opening of a Northern Front -- but then, at the last moment, pulled their permission...and that was over 25 years ago, when there was a fully friendly government in power. With the current maniac, Sultan Erdogan, in power, the US government would be more than foolish to not at least have contingency plans in place to relocate operations immediately if and when needed.
To say Debka is mostly incorrect is wholly correct.
It is speculation whether we will pull out of Incirlik or not (and Debka is notoriously suspect in its speculation), but we are building up airfields in the Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria.
Rmelian, near the Iraqi and Turkish borders in the extreme NE was the first reported. The existing airfield near Kobane has had its runway extended, so it can handle our largest planes. Recently captured Tabqa Airbase is close to Raqqa, and will provide excellent support to the Raqqa offensive. Tabqa is a nice big defensible piece of land, with a good bit of development already done. You really could make a big base out of it.
The Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq is also talking more seriously about independence from Iraq, and could really benefit from American Security guarantees - so they might offer a location to develop as well.
Everybody needs to have an alternative to Incirlik, if Erdogan goes full Caliph, after this Sunday’s referendum in Turkey. He is not a reliable ally.
Incorrect on Incirlik which was only recently reoccupied. As for the other information:
Mar 6, 2016 |U.S. builds two air bases in Kurdish-controlled north Syria: Kurdish report;
The United States has nearly finished setting up an air base in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria and was proceeding with the construction of a second base for dual military and civilian use, a Kurdish website said on Sunday.
A spokesman for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said, however, the United States was not taking control of any airfields in Syria.
The Erbil-based news website BasNews, quoting a military source in the Kurdish-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), said most of the work on a runway in the oil town of Rmeilan in Hasaka was complete while a new air base southeast of Kobani, straddling the Turkish border, was being constructed.