Docs Show US To Massively Expand Footprint At Jordanian Air Base Amid Spats With Turkey, Iraq

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Tens of millions of dollars will turn this base in Jordan into a new major regional hub for combat jets, drones, cargo planes, and more.

JOSEPH TREVITHICK

JAN 14, 2019 5:19 PM EST

The U.S. military is moving ahead with plans to dramatically expand its presence at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan to better accommodate a broad mix of fighter jetsground attack aircraftarmed dronescargo planes, and more. The multi-million-dollar construction project comes as President Donald Trump’s administration moves to withdraw American forces from neighboring Syria. But while the new facilities at the Jordanian base could help support continuing Syrian operations indirectly, they will serve a far more important purpose in providing an alternative to other major operational locations in the region, especially in Turkey, where political disputes could hamper U.S. access in the middle of a crisis.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is overseeing the work at Muwaffaq Saltireleased specifications and drawings related to the new aircraft aprons, taxiways, and other associated facilities on FedBizOpps, the U.S. government’s main contracting website, on Jan. 11, 2019. The documents themselves date to the fall of 2018. The defense budget for the 2018 Fiscal Year included more than $140 million for the upgrades to the Royal Jordanian Air Force base, which the United States has been actively using for regional operations since at least 2013.

The contracting documents do not mention Muwaffaq Salti by name, which the U.S. military generally describes as an “undisclosed location,” but include annotated satellite images that clearly show that it is the base in question. Previous contracting announcements have indicated that the U.S. Air Force’s 407th Air Expeditionary Group presently oversees day-to-day operations at the base.

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