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

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 02:28 PM

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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

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