İncirlik is a town in the Sarıçam

Sarıçam

Sarıçam is a district in the Adana Province of Turkey. Southern section of the district is part of the city of Adana, incorporated as a lower-tier municipality. It is located north of the Yüreğir district, east of the Seyhan River and the Seyhan Reservoir...

 district of Adana Province

Adana Province

Adana Province is a province of Turkey located in south-central Anatolia. With a population of 2,085,225, it is the fifth most populous province in Turkey. The administrative seat of the province is the city of Adana, home to 78% of the residents of the province...

 with a population of 11,555. Formerly a municipality, it was incorporated into Sarıçam Municipality in 2008. İncirlik is located approximately 10 km east of Adana

Adana

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İncirlik is made up of 3 neighborhoods; Hürriyet, Kemalpaşa and Yeni Mahalle.

The major institution in İncirlik is NATO's Incirlik Air Base

Incirlik Air Base

The Incirlik Air Base is located in İncirlik, five miles east of Adana, Turkey's fifth largest city, and from the Mediterranean Sea.The U.S...

 from which American

United States

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 aircraft

Aircraft

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 patrolled Iraq

Iraq

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's northern No-Fly Zone

Iraqi no-fly zones

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 between the 1991 Persian Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq

2003 invasion of Iraq

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