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  • 39th Air Base Wing stands up new contingency center

    The Airmen of the 39th Logistics Readiness Squadron recently stood up a new contingency center, here, at no cost to the 39th Air Base Wing. The Titan Contingency Center was established in a building that was previously not being utilized until a team of innovative Airmen had the opportunity to

  • Local National digitizes Kindly Submitted Letter process

    A KSL is the official form of communication from the 39th Air Base Wing to the 10th TBC. Given the extensive cradle-to-grave process the KSL requires, one local national assigned to the 39th Contracting Squadron, Arda Kandirali, looked to improve things on a large scale and streamline it.

  • U.S., Turkish Airmen conduct first combined CDDAR exercise with TurAF F-16

    The 39th Maintenance Squadron facilitated the first crash, damaged, or disabled aircraft recovery (CDDAR) training exercise with a Turkish air force F-16 Fighting Falcon here, Jan. 8, 2024. The objective of the CDDAR exercise was to test participants’ response to a simulated in-flight emergency

  • U.S. Ambassador Jeffry Flake greets USAID volunteers arriving to Incirlik AB

    U.S. Ambassador Jeffry Flake, U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye, arrives at Incirlik Air Base, Türkiye, Feb 8, 2023. Ambassador Flake visited Incirlik AB to greet members of the United States Agency for International Development’s Disaster Assistance Response Team, following a series of earthquakes that

  • Ask Mehmet: Victory Day & Annual Military Promotions

    Victory Day is a Turkish national holiday that's celebrated on Aug. 30 each year. It's the day of the final victory between national Turkish forces over Greek invaders in 1922.The Ottoman Empire, which was in power for almost 600 years, was facing defeat during World War I. After the war, Turkey was

  • 39th ABW CV visits ALS Class 22-F

    Col. Kevin McCaskey, 39th Air Base Wing (ABW) vice commander, gives a lecture to Airmen of the 39th ABW attending Airman Leadership School (ALS) Class 22-F in the ALS classroom at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Aug. 8, 2022. McCaskey held an open dialogue with the Airmen about leadership traits and

  • Festival of Sacrifice

    The Muslim world will start to celebrate the Eid al-Adha, ‘Festival of Sacrifice’ this Friday, July 8, 2022. In Islamic tradition, this historic event started when Prophet Abraham was ordered to prepare his son Ismael as a sacrifice, an order which Abraham and his son unquestioningly obeyed.