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  • ACE Training: Airmen practice tactical movement skills

    Airmen assigned to the 39th Air Base Wing practice tactical movement drills during Agile Combat Employment training at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Feb. 1, 2022. ACE training provides Airmen with cross-functional skills and the ability to rapidly deploy and maneuver around the globe. The concepts of

  • Incirlik Airmen partner with TF Werewolves for mission orientation

    Airmen from across the 39th Air Base Wing board a UH-60 Blackhawk during a mission orientation from Alpha Company, 3-227th Assault Helicopter Battalion Task Force Werewolves at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Jan 24, 2022. Task Force Werewolves ensure the mobility of the joint warfighter in support of

  • 39th SFS conduct simulated training

    Airman 1st Class Tarence Powell (left) and Airman Celine Pina (right), security response team members assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron, practice room clearing tactics at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Jan. 11, 2022. The 39th SFS Airmen participated in a variety of training events including

  • Zeynep Alaybeyoğlu: Bridging languages, cultures at Incirlik

    At Incirlik Air Base, communication between the Turkish Air Force and United States Air Force can be hindered solely because of the difference in languages.Many units across the base require a local national to bridge the gap as a translator and interpreter. For the 39th Air Base Wing command team,

  • Incirlik remembers Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

    U.S. Air Force Col. John Kelly, 39th Air Base Wing vice commander, and Turkish Air Force Col. Hüseyin Dinҫ, 10th Tanker Base Command chief of operations, salute during the Atatürk Memorial Day ceremony at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 10, 2021. The annual ceremony commemorates the legacy of

  • 39th LRS Airmen engage in ACE training

    U.S. Air Force Fuels distribution operators assigned to the 39th Logistics Readiness Squadron pull a fuel pump hose to a KC-135 Stratotanker during a refueling mission as part of an Agile Combat Employment training event at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 4, 2021. Exercising elements of ACE enables

  • 39th ABW command team visits 717th ABS

    Col. Jason Gingrich, 39th Air Base Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Scott Schrier, 39th ABW command chief, visited the 717th Air Base Squadron Sept. 7-10, 2021.

  • Feast of Sacrifice

    The Muslim world will celebrate “Eid al-Adha,” an Arabic term meaning “Feast of Sacrifice” starting this Monday, July 19.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

  • Incirlik Official Document Center: keeping the mail flowing

    The Official Document Center is the one stop shop for all mail needs at Incirlik Air Base, and the Airmen working there ensure all mail is properly processed and distributed in a timely manner.The ODC isn’t only responsible for the mail of the Airmen assigned to the wing at Incirlik, they also

  • 717th Air Base Squadron changes command

    The 717th Air Base Squadron welcomed Lt. Col. Troy Smith as the newest squadron commander during a change of command ceremony at the Ankara Support Facility, Ankara, Turkey, July 17, 2020.