[freeandfreezing]

They provide artillery and air support among other things. Take that away and the Kurds are at a tremendous disadvantage against the Turkish army.

Sure, our fighter jets can take off from Incirlik in Turkey, fly across Turkish airspace, bomb the Turkish soldiers, turn around and just fly back to their base in Turkey. And Turkey won't do anything.

I'm glad we have sophisticated military strategists here on Free Republic.

How exactly would it work for the US airmen who are currently stationed in Turkey if the US and Turkey get into a war with each other?

[RedEyeJack]

It would be very reassuring to know that the nucs stored at Incirlik were quietly removed since the change in leadership n Turkey.

[Rashputin]

"How exactly would it work for the US airmen who are currently stationed in Turkey if the US and Turkey get into a war with each other?"

Those Americans volunteered, so, who cares about putting them at risk?

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND !!! WE'RE GOING TO ABANDON THE KURDS !!! /sarc

[freeandfreezing]

Here is a quick summary of what we have sitting in Turkey:

"Incirlik Air Base has a U.S. Air Force complement of about five thousand airmen, with several hundred airmen from the Royal Air Force and Turkish Air Force also present, as of late 2002. The primary unit stationed at Incirlik Air Base is the 39th Air Base Wing (39 ABW) of the U.S. Air Force. Incirlik Air Base has one 3,048 m (10,000 ft)-long runway,[6][7] located among about 57 hardened aircraft shelters. Tactical nuclear weapons are stored at the base.[8]"

I presume all the lets have a war with Turkey hawks have a plan for moving the nuclear weapons and our 5,000 airmen out of harms way as the war unfolds. That sounds like a pretty complicated task.

Here is the base website.