Balıkesir Airport is a military airport in the city of Balıkesir

Balikesir

Balıkesir is the capital city of Balıkesir Province. Balıkesir is in the Marmara region of Turkey and has a population of 265,747 inhabitants. Old name is Karesi or Karasi.- History :...

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. It also serves the public with scheduled domestic flights on one commercial airline.

Balıkesir is home to the 9th Air Wing (Ana Jet Üs or AJÜ) of the 1st Air Force Command (Hava Kuvvet Komutanligi) of the Turkish Air Force

Turkish Air Force

The Turkish Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. It ranks 3rd in NATO in terms of fleet size behind the USAF and Royal Air Force with a current inventory of 798 aircraft .-Initial stages:...

 (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri). Other wings of this command are located in Eskişehir

Eskisehir Airport

Eskişehir Air Base is a military airport in the city of Eskişehir, Turkey.Eskişehir Airport is home to the 1st Air Wing of the 1st Air Force Command of the Turkish Air Force...

 (LTBI), Konya

Konya Airport

Konya Airport is a military airbase and public airport in Konya, Turkey. The airport is also used by NATO. Opened to the public in 2000, the airport is 18 km from the city. In 2006, Konya Airport served 2,924 aircraft and 262,561 passengers...

 (LTAN), Ankara Akıncı

Akinci Air Base

Akıncı Air Base is an airbase of the Turkish Air Force located northwest of Ankara, Turkey.Eskişehir is the 4th Air Wing of the 1st Air Force Command of the Turkish Air Force...

 (LTAE) and Bandırma

Bandirma Airport

Bandırma Airport is a military airbase and public airport located at Bandırma in the Balıkesir Province, Turkey.Bandırma Airport is home to the 6th Air Wing of the 1st Air Force Command of the Turkish Air Force...

 (LTBG).

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