Operation Enduring Freedom Bases
More than 3,000 civil engineers are deployed to the region building and maintaining bases. Including additional deployments in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Kuwait, over 60,000 US troops were deployed at these forward bases, and hundreds of aircraft were flying from expeditionary airfields.
Barracks and Burger King: U.S. Builds a Supersized Base in Afghanistan
Anyone who thinks the Afghanistan troop "surge" is a temporary, one-time deal should watch the construction here of a vast new $17 million barracks building.
It's not temporary. It's three stories of concrete.
Eight years after American forces scattered the Taliban and effectively conquered Afghanistan, the United States is embarked on a frenzied $220 million building campaign at this sprawling and still expanding military air base. Just to meet the base's demand for fresh concrete, it has two of its own cement factories working full time. More
U.S. Adds Eight Bases in Afghanistan
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