"Incirlik in Turkish literally means place of the fig or fig orchard, which is what comprised a major portion of the base until 1951. Then, bulldozers and road graders cleared much of the land to make way for the runway and support facilities of a new airfield." http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/incirlik-history.htm

My little tidbit of learning for the day.

What a shame.

So the US military is destroying somebody else's country...  Where have I seen that before?

I really hope you aren't anti-military....if so i will have to leave this forum for good.

The only point was to teach us all a little Turkish language. The base has been there for many years, and is not a current event.

Freedom has always been expensive and won't likely get any cheaper.

oh no i didn't mean the article, i found that very interesting.
I was talking about the comment above that's all.
I didn't know if tat person was being sarcastic or not.