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  • 425th ABS welcomes new commander

    Airmen assigned to the 425th Air Base Squadron render a salute to Lt. Col. Christopher Collins, incoming 425th ABS commander, during an Assumption of Command at Izmir Air Station, Turkey, Sept. 18, 2017. Collins was previously assigned to the 451st Flying Training Squadron as a combat systems

  • Take action to make a smooth transition with TRICARE in 2018

    You may be wondering what action you need to take, if any, to ensure you continue TRICARE coverage in 2018. Some beneficiaries will need to take action, but most will not. If you’re currently enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE coverage on Dec. 31, 2017, you’ll transition to your respective TRICARE

  • Incirlik Air Base holds 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance events

    Many came home. Some did not. There are more than 83,000 American prisoners of war and missing in action service members, and many families left behind who are still waiting and wondering.To honor those military men and women, and their families, the 39th Air Base Wing held a 24-hour POW/MIA

  • Incirlik hosts a spirituality and religion forum

    The 39th Air Base Wing chapel hosted a lunch and enrichment panel with representatives from four different belief systems here Aug. 17.The panel featured representatives from Atheism, Catholicism, Islam, and Protestant Christianity.“The purpose of today’s session is to explain how practicing one’s

  • Feast of Sacrifice

    If you see herds of sheep in the streets of villages, towns, and cities of Turkey, don’t worry. It is a sign that the Muslim world is getting prepared to celebrate Eedu-l-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, which  falls on the 10th day of the last month of the Islamic calendar.  Feast of Sacrifice, which

  • NEWS RELEASE: UPDATE - MQ-1 Predator crashed in Southeast Turkey

    U.S. emergency responders and local police are on scene where a U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft crashed in a field approximately 200 miles east of Adana, Turkey.The aircraft departed Incirlik Air Base, and subsequently crashed at approximately 11:50 a.m., local time, Aug. 21,

  • NEWS RELEASE: MQ-1 Predator crashed in Southeast Turkey

    A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft crashed at approximately 11:50 a.m., local time today in Southeast Turkey.The cause of the accident is under investigation.More information will be provided as it is available.-------------------------------------------- Turkish translation

  • NEWS RELEASE: UPDATE - MQ-1 Predator crashed in Turkey

    U.S. emergency responders and local Adana police are on scene where a U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft crashed in a field near Adana, Turkey.The aircraft crashed while departing Incirlik Air Base at approximately at 10:15 p.m., local time, Aug. 17, 2017.There were no civilian

  • NEWS RELEASE: MQ-1 Predator crashed in Turkey

    While departing Incirlik Air Base, a U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft crashed at approximately 10:15 p.m. local time, Aug. 17, 2017, near Adana, Turkey.“At this time the safety of our host nation civilians and the recovery and security of our asset is paramount,” said Col.