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babylonsister

(172,418 posts) Fri Oct 10, 2025, 11:01 AM Oct 10

Hegseth Announces Qatari Air Force Facility in Idaho [View all]

https://politicalwire.com/2025/10/10/hegseth-announces-qatari-air-force-facility-in-idaho/

Hegseth Announces Qatari Air Force Facility in Idaho
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced “we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.”

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Hegseth Announces Qatari Air Force Facility in Idaho [View all] babylonsister Oct 10 OP

Huh?!? RT Atlanta Oct 10 #1

Why? Historic NY Oct 10 #2

wut? leftstreet Oct 10 #3

They didn't give trmp a $400 MILLION plane for nothing. spanone Oct 10 #4

Is this quid pro quo for the billion dollar plane? Baitball Blogger Oct 10 #5

Not Borowitz/Onion? TheRickles Oct 10 #6

Imagine a Democratic president giving an air force base in Idaho to an Islamic country dalton99a Oct 10 #7

Exactly! Rebl2 Oct 10 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author chowder66 Oct 10 #12

Umm what the fuck newdeal2 Oct 10 #9

Several foreign AFs have training facilities in the US Abnredleg Oct 10 #10

EDITED: This was initiated in 2017 chowder66 Oct 10 #11

Blegh, Mountain Home on the scenic Snake River Plain. maxsolomon Oct 10 #13