After Iraq finally rids itself of ISIS, I wonder if they would be open to allowing us to create an airbase there. Move out of Incirlik and into northern Iraq. Too bad we couldn’t trust that damn little snit of a country Kyrgyzstan and keep Manas AB. We need a major air base in that part of the world and we also need to rid ourselves of Turkey. Incirlik AB is the only reason we play nice with Turkey.
I don’t think long term we could keep an Air base in Afghanistan like Bagram. I don’t think that country would permit it...
Whatever base we get, will need to be able to be supplied by sea. If we set it up in northern Iraq, we will be subject to the willingness of Iraqis to allow supply convoys free access from the port.
We would be better off either having a base at a port in southern Iraq, or the coast of Syria. Maybe the Greek section of Cyprus (which would give Greece badly-needed cash, while pissing off the Turks).