Taliban Rebels Seize Major Air Base in Afghanistan

The Washington Post;  September 4, 1995 ;     348 words ......militia captured a major government air base at Shindand in the west today, according...the pace of Afghanistan's confusing civil war picked up. A spokesman for the Taliban...Afghan official said: "Yes, the Shindand air base has fallen." He had no details. The...in an offensive last ...

Italy to Appropriate Money for Expanding NATO Air Base

Xinhua English Newswire;  August 6, 1997 ;     141 words ......for a project to expand a U.S. and NATO air base in Aviano, a city in northern Italy. The...facilities and other service facilities in the air base, local press reports quoted a senior government...The number of troops stationed in the air base will rise to 3,000 by the end of this...

YEAR IN REVIEW 2005; Weymouth: Council backs proposal for former air base

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  December 31, 2005 ;     445 words ......burned down, and a plan for the former air base was approved. The year started with the...reopened in August. The agency overseeing the air base hired Terry Fancher in January as its...In March, the developer of the former air base presented a reformed plan with more commercial...

Kyrgyz president says foreign democracy-building attempts could trigger...

AP Worldstream;  January 28, 2005 ;     474 words ......his ex-Soviet nation could trigger a civil war and claimed that some opposition leaders...transfer of power could easily lead to a civil war," Akayev was quoted as telling the...Tajikistan broke into a seven-year civil war, Akayev added. Akayev, who has run...operation in ...

Kyrgyzstan to raise rent for U.S. air base

Xinhua News Agency;  December 15, 2005 ;     118 words ...Kyrgyzstan to raise rent for U.S. air base ALMA ATA, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyz President...country will raise the rent for the US air base at Manas by "several dozen times." "The previous price set for the deployment of an air base for the coalition was purely symbolic...

Sri Lanka's Civil War Spreads

AP Online;  May 24, 2000 ;     398 words ......Online 05-24-2000 Sri Lanka's Civil War Spreads NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- Sri Lanka's civil war spread to the east today as...a government army camp and air base, military officials and sources...first line of defense for the air base. Chief government spokesman...the ...

Afghan town next to U.S. base revives, building businesses after years at...

AP Worldstream;  August 15, 2002 ;     642 words ......arrival of the U.S. military at the old Russian air base, this town on the civil war's front line is coming back to life. Construction...northern alliance. He said the Taliban bombed the air base twice, but the alliance finally pushed them back...

France posts 50 troops to US air base in Kyrgyzstan

Xinhua News Agency;  August 3, 2005 ;     188 words ...France posts 50 troops to US air base in Kyrgyzstan ALMA ATA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua...France has posted 50 troops at a US air base in Kyrgyzstan to support security...sent two refueling aircraft to the air base for operational security reasons...

US may use Nacala air base in Mozambique: report

Xinhua News Agency;  October 11, 2002 ;     276 words ...US may use Nacala air base in Mozambique: report MAPUTO, Oct. 11...in exchange for its use of the Nacala air base, reported the independent newspaper...wants to use facilities at the Nacala air base. This base used to belong to the Mozambican...

French bomb an air base used by rebels in Chad

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 17, 1986 ;     199 words ...PARIS French air force planes yesterday bombed an air base used by rebels in the African nation of Chad, and French...said was intervention by Libyan troops in the country's civil war. Defense Minister Paul Quiles said the raid was directed...

Air base site homes to be muffled against noise HOUSING.

New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand);  June 17, 2008 ;     279 words ......3000 houses at the former Hobsonville Air Base is looking at fitting double glazing and...Housing NZ subsidiary is 2km from Whenuapai Air Base, which Waitakere City Council wants preserved...undesirable place to live. The Whenuapai Air Base Action Group has urged Housing Minister...

Tajiks Upbeat About 'Most Backward' Republic; With Civil War Over,...

The Washington Post;  August 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Rakhmonov, Tajikistan quickly stumbled into a civil war. The war, a struggle for power among competing...were dangerous. Tajikistan offered an air base to the United States last fall, but the...already en route here -- to use instead the air base at Manas in neighboring Kyrgyzstan. ...

Cyprus Defends Construction of Air Base

Xinhua English Newswire;  January 26, 1998 ;     413 words ......defended its construction of a military air base in Cyprus after Turkey lodged protest...press briefing Monday that the military air base near the western coastal town of Paphos...had completed the construction of the air base which will be used by the Greek air force...

Singapore opens Changi Air Base (East)

Xinhua News Agency;  November 29, 2004 ;     147 words ...Singapore opens Changi Air Base (East) SINGAPORE, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Singapore on Monday officially opened its Changi Air Base (East), an extension of the existing Changi Air Base. Addressing the inauguration ceremony, Defense...

A-10 Thunderbolt II Flies Into Spangdahlem Air Base

Getty Images;  February 25, 2003 ;     90 words ......Force Getty Images 02-25-2003 SPANGDALEM AIR BASE, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 25: An A-10 Thunderbolt...Project February 25, 2003 at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (Photo by Joe Springfield/U...Force/Getty Images) Dateline: Spangdahlem Air Base, Rheinland-Phalz, Germany Keywords A-10...