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Pensacola News Journal
February 10, 2018
As ODA 595 prepared for its mission, senior leaders with the 5th Special Forces Group routinely disappeared for Florida, where officials with U.S. Central ... The team transferred planes several times before finally landing at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan, at what was then a secret base.
Davis Enterprise
January 26, 2018
“Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan.” ... The entire film was shot in New Mexico, and production designer Christopher Glass rose to the challenge with numerous arresting settings: Karshi-Khanabad, the military base situated in southern Uzbekistan, fromÃâà...
IFP News
August 26, 2017
... 15 June 2001, which increased the influence of China and Russia in Central Asia, the US lost its last two remaining bases in the region, because under the SCO's pressure, Washington was forced to close its airbases in Manas, Kyrgyzstan, and southeastern Uzbekistan (Karshi-Khanabad (K2) Air Base).”.
EurasiaNet
July 4, 2017
Roshchupkin also noted that these would be the first joint drills between the two countries since September 2005. That was a geopolitically fraught period, coming just months after Uzbekistan had evicted the United States military from an air base it had used at Karshi Khanabad in support of operations inÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
June 23, 2017
Less than a month after the September 11 terror attacks, combat controllers with the Air Force Special Tactics Squadron and Army 5th Special Forces Group's Operational Detachment Alpha 595 were among the first U.S. troops to invade Afghanistan. Deployed from Karshi-Khanabad Air Base inÃâà...
CNN
September 2, 2016
Karimov let US forces use Uzbekistan's airspace and Karshi-Khanabad airbase to support operations in Afghanistan, with which it shares an 85-mile-long border. ... Despite the closure of the base, Karimov allowed the US to move equipment through Uzbekistan, which enabled the US to avoid the moreÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
October 15, 2015
... year, decreasing the need for the bases, and Central Asian states appear to have faced pressure from Russia to lessen the Western military presence on their soil. The German air base had been the only Western military base in Uzbekistan since the closure of the U.S. Karshi-Khanabad air base in 2005.
DVIDS
October 6, 2011
"The ATOC moves beans, bullets and personnel to fight the global war on terror, as well as moving hundreds of thousands of pounds of humanitarian aid," said Rawls, an Air Force Reservist who was deployed from Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. "What we do is crucial. Supporting troops down range with vitalÃâà...
BBC News
August 1, 2005
The notice to leave Karshi-Khanabad air base, known as K2, was given to the US embassy in the Uzbek capital on Friday. A Pentagon spokesman said the US was "evaluating the note to see exactly what it means". Uzbekistan has been an ally of the US in Central Asia, but correspondents say relationsÃâà...
