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Air Force Documents Show Qatari Training Base at Mountain Home Has Been Years in the Making
The Pentagon plans to host Qatari F-15 jets and pilots at Mountain Home Airbase for joint training, despite official denials, marking a rare foreign military presence on U.S. soil.
- Last week, Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility would be built at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, thanking Qatar for its `core part` in ceasefire talks.
- The installation is described as a training facility to host and service Qatari aircraft and pilots, and the administration has supported cooperation with Qatar through recent executive actions and commitments to maintain a facility within an existing U.S. base.
- Mountain Home already hosts international F-15 operations with three fighter squadrons, while Qatar's 48 F-15QA Eagles from Boeing underpin planned training cooperation.
- The announcement ignited backlash across political parties and Conservative and MAGA supporters, while Vice President JD Vance called the report `a fake story` and said it was `just not true`.
- Critics noted the plan as the first foreign airbase on U.S. soil and highlighted deepening Qatar‑U.S. ties, including a Trump Organization deal and the gifted jumbo jet to the president.
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Several of Idaho’s top officials mum on plans for Qatari training facility at Mountain Home base
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Several of Idaho’s top officials have stayed quiet on the announcement Friday of a training facility for Qatari troops at the Mountain Home Air Force Base. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the agreement with the Middle Eastern country on Friday for a facility to host Qatari …
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Fake Story About Qatar Having a Base on US Soil
This is an update on yet another mainstream media article that was inaccurate. Sentinel reported a mainstream media article (CNN) that stated Qatar would have a base on US soil, in Idaho. It was a mostly fake story as it often is with the mainstream. Vice President JD Vance saw the misreporting and checked with […] The post Fake Story About Qatar Having a Base on US Soil appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
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