Re:Why Did the F-14 Tomcat Retire Decades Before Its Peers? ...
by bumby on Monday October 31, 2022 @10:43AM
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>Also, didn't we have airbases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait?
Yes, I believe Al Jaber Kuwait had already constructed one of the largest post-Vietnam expeditionary airfields* with multiple US squadrons (including F/A-18s) present before the war officially began.
* "Expeditionary Airfields (EAFs) are portable airfields that can be constructed, used, broken down after the completion of a mission and moved to another site for re-use."[1]
Yes, I believe Al Jaber Kuwait had already constructed one of the largest post-Vietnam expeditionary airfields* with multiple US squadrons (including F/A-18s) present before the war officially began.
* "Expeditionary Airfields (EAFs) are portable airfields that can be constructed, used, broken down after the completion of a mission and moved to another site for re-use."[1]
[1] http://www.cassholdings.com/AM2.htm