I think you would be shocked at the number of idiots in DC and the Pentagon who are hyped to keep Incirlik at all cost. Having seen all of the games played on base...it’s absolutely worthless in retaining it. It’s imaginary value in keeping the installation open...it won’t be used when you need it the most.
Go ask them about the Incirlik barracks that was newly constructed and sat there for at least six years before it could be fixed enough to utilize. I doubt if they got more than decade of use out of it before it had to be torn down.
I know a retired pilot who operated out of Incirlik, he said basically what you just stated.
I had asked him about the bomb storage there, worrying about the security? He said it they have been gone a very long time. Others here agreed with that.
Erdogan is totally insane. He believes his own lies.