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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apparently, I saw a different analyst say that Pete Hegseth misspoke and that Quatar will be training in Idaho on how to use the F-15s they bought.

Pete Hegseth, apparently, doesn't understand the military enough to parse the details of what he agreed to.[/quote]

He pretty clearly said they were building a Qatari Air Force base. Guess we are allowing Hamas to occupy us.[/quote]

Okay, but it sounds like he didn't know what he was talking about.[/quote]

Apparently he actually said a "Quatari air force facility" which is not a base.[/quote]

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And that's what it is.  A facility within the U.S. Air Force base, owned and operated by the U.S.  This agreement has also been in the works for years.  Not saying I agree or disagree with this, but facts matter.

But the facility being built at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho isn't a separate base at all — it is a group of buildings that will be built to handle training and maintenance for Qatari troops — and the agreement with Qatar has been in the works for years.

“What we expect is it to be squadron operations and hangars for the F-15QA, because that's the Qatari version of the jet that they bought through foreign military sales,” Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said. “It is definitely still a U.S. Air Force base.”

In fact, on-site training agreements with allies are common in the U.S. The Republic of Singapore 428th Fighter Squadron Buccaneers have been hosted at the base since 2008. German forces trained at the Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico for decades. New facilities to train international F-35 fighter pilots were completed at Ebbing Air Force Base in Arkansas last year.

The base is just outside of the town of Mountain Home, which is home to about 17,000 people. The new facilities will be built by local construction crews, and local workers will likely be employed at the base to support the training operations, Stefanek said. The construction and other associated expenses will be funded by Qatar.

Security at the base will continue to be handled by U.S. Air Force personnel, she said, and anyone going to the base will still have to show the proper credentials in order to enter.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/things-to-know-about-the-qatar-training-facility-planned-for-an-idaho-air-force-base/ar-AA1Of7Kk?ocid=BingNewsSerp[/quote]

I am old enough to remember people being outraged about saudi's being trained to fly in the USA before 9/11.[/quote]

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