[llevrok]

I had no idea we had a base down there

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The Estigarribia airbase was constructed in the 1980s for US technicians hired by the Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner, and is capable of housing large troops units The base has an enormous radar system, huge hangars and an air traffic control tower. The airstrip itself is larger than the one at the international airport in Asuncion, the Paraguayan capital. It's oversized for the Paraguayan air force, which only has a handful of small aircrafts Pope John Paul II was there in May 1988 when he visited the town of Santa Teresita, 3 kilometers away Estigarribia has a population of about 2000, which 300 belongs to the 6th Infantry Division, 3rd Corps, paraguayan army garrison On a May 2005 agreement, Paraguay allows United States to use the base

[CholeraJoe]

Probably a contingency landing strip for the Space Shuttle. Looks long enough. We've got them all over the world.

[MeanWestTexan]

It's probably a Plan C landing strip for B-52's post nuclear exchange -- as there would be no place to come home to.

That, or a staging area.

[Waverunner]

Home of the black helicopters and the men in black no doubt.
Even the picture is in black and white.

Yes - flee America to paraguay - too bad the germans have already bought up the prime real estate

[GOP_1900AD]

Cool! Got to keep that in mind in case we ever need to squeeze the Chavez-Lula axis from both sides.

[Publius]

There have been discussions of late about hitting Hezbollah cells operating in South America. That is what this is all about.

It's not about the DU belief that the Bush family needs a safe haven after the election when the Democrats take over and all the lies about 9/11 come out. (Jeesh! What some people will believe.)