New Qatari Air Force Facility to Be Built in Idaho, Hegseth Announces

[DemMedic]

new Qatari air force facility will be built in Idaho, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday.

“Today we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatar Emiri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho,” Hegseth told reporters. “It’s just another example of our partnership.”

Hegseth said that the facility would host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for more details about the arrangement.

https://time.com/7324968/qatar-idaho-air-force-facility-hegseth-trump/

[Blue Owl]

1. What fresh fucking hell is this?

Sounds like something a drunken turncoat would do.... Oh wait, it is Hegseth -- what a fucking shock....

[Abnredleg]

2. It was negotiated by Biden /nt

[pfitz59]

3. Idaho is a hotbed of white Christian nationalism

Wonder how the dark-skinned Muslim Qataris will be recceived?

[CanonRay]

4. What the actual fuck

In what universe does Qatar need a military base in Idaho? Is Canada going to declare war on them? Why aren't the yokels in Idaho worried about Sharia Law being imposed? This has got to be about some kickback to Trump.

[pfitz59]

5. Llimited air space in Qatar

The US and Canada train pilots from all over the world because the two nations have 'room to zoom'.

[CanonRay]

7. I get the training part, I know we train pilots from all over

but their own base?

[Abnredleg]

6. It is a large F15 training base and Qatar just bought F15s

It’s common for foreign air forces to have training detachments in the US. The Qatar planes will be at Mountain Home AFB, where Singapore has had a F15 training squadron for a number of years.

Here’s an article from 2022 explaining things.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-01-18/deal-qatar-air-rorce-members-idaho-base-4330963.html