Qatar to build an Air Force Base in Idaho

[angrychair]

Sec of Def Keggerseth signed an agreement with Qatar to establish an Qatari Emeri Air Force facility in Idaho.

I guess if you pay enough money to thr president you can even have your own military base in America.
No matter they support terrorists and use foreign slave labor as long as they keep the president flush with cash, it's all good.

Source:

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2025-10-10T14:57:43.610Z

[Vinca]

1. WTF? I've never heard of such a thing even being considered before.

[Bettie]

5. They probably gave a pile of money to

The orange man and some booze to Hegseth, so it is happening.

What could possibly go wrong? SMH

[angrychair]

6. Not that I'm aware...but...

There is a permanent German military presence at Ft Bliss Texas but that is as close as it gets as far as I can tell.
That said it appears this is not an independent base but a permanent facility maintained by them at Mountain Home Air Force Base that will maintain fifteen F-15s for training and joint exercises.

[JI7]

2. From what I read somewhere else it seems more like a training facility

To train Qataris on using American military equipment they will buy from us.

But I wouldn't trust Trump with much and it could be part of what he is giving them in exchange for that plane.

[angrychair]

11. It is of sorts

Except it's a permanent facility on Mountain Home Air Force Base where they will keep fifteen F-15s.

But it could allow them to run missions and even false flag operations within US borders and this administration can claim ignorance of it all because it's not being down under US military command. That is my concern is independent oversight of their actions and movements.

[Ilsa]

20. Is it possible that the Qataris will be living on base,

and therefore pretty much out of sight of locals most of the time? Do they bring families?

I'm thinking many Idahoans will be frustrated by having Middle Easterners around. They don't even like OB/GYNs!

[riversedge]

27. well, it seems this is Trumps trade for the plane. IMHO

[Happy Hoosier]

3. FWIW, this is not a big deal.

It will be a facility where their pilots are trained to fly their US Jets. A number of other nations have such facilities in the US, including Saudi Arabia and Germany.

[angrychair]

8. Couldn't find one for SA

But Germany does maintain a permanent presence at Ft Bliss Texas and we host training in Arizona but no one maintains a permanent facility there as far as I can tell from my searches and feedback on Reddit

[Happy Hoosier]

15. My experience....

was that Germany had a facility at Holloman AFB (used for EW training), and Saudi had a Mountain Home facility for their F-15 pilots. Could be that one or both are gone now, but my point is such facilities are not unusual for nations that need to train their people on US produced equipment.

[angrychair]

17. Training I get

But a permanent presence on a US military base is still unusual, especially for someone that has not been historically been an ally of the United States.

I think a permanent presence should only be allowed by our closet and most trusted allies. Not people that just partnered with him on a multi-billion dollar private investment in their country.

[CivicGrief]

9. Yeah , no big deal.

Just drumming up business for the military-industrial complex. Will the weapons be used on civilians or combatants? Is there a difference these days?

[UTUSN]

4. K&R for, disgusting regime has no bottom.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Hegseth enabling a muslim invasion of the US

That would be the line maga / tRump would take if Biden had done it. Now it's okay with them.

[CivicGrief]

12. Exactly.

But for Trump, it just shows what a great businessman he is. Hail (or is it heil?) to the king.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

10. It gets more and more bizarre

[Clouds Passing]

13. Slaves to ME streamlined

[Wuddles440]

14. Proxy military to suppress dissent/opposition.

[doc03]

16. WTF!!!! nt

[Glorious bastard]

18. At first I thought, what's the big deal? Let them build a base for our Air Force! Then I read the post.

WTF?????

[AllaN01Bear]

19. wtf

[kimbutgar]

21. So can you imagine the outrage and screaming if President Obama and President Biden allowed this to happen?

Sorry I feel this is bad for our national security interests and I hope there is an outrage.

But I know, unless Fox and the reich wing media oks it they’ll say nothing.

And I wonder if Idaho will be ok with all these brown Muslims coming into their white power state?

[Abnredleg]

26. The sales agreement for the planes was signed in 2017 under Trump

Which meant it was negotiated under Obama. Basing agreements take years to negotiate and that was done under the Biden administration.

Here’s an article from 2022

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-01-18/deal-qatar-air-rorce-members-idaho-base-4330963.html

[Prairie_Seagull]

22. Will the Qataris get sovereign status at this facility.

Not to unlike an embassy? This could be argued as a quid pro quo.

Short on facts at this point.

IMO

[Abnredleg]

28. No

Singapore also has a training facility at the same base and it doesn’t have sovereign status. Neither does the German facility at Holloman AFB.

We’ve been doing stuff like this for decades.

[Prairie_Seagull]

29. Thank you Abnredleg. nt

[CivicGrief]

34. Yes. Making and selling weapons is big business

in the USA. And that’s A OK.

[ms liberty]

23. What the actual everlasting fuck is going on with these fucking fuckity fucks

[Nigrum Cattus]

24. the repugs are selling the country out

what good are the qatari's to the U.S. ?

[DFW]

25. The 9/11 pilots got private flight school training here and there

This is far more practical. They don’t have hide their location or purpose any more.

[Hey Joe]

30. Back in the late 70's when I was going through

Navy A-school in Great Lakes Naval Training Center, the base was full of Iranian Naval officers going through some of their training.
We had to salute them too.
But they certainly did not have their own base.

[bob4460]

31. Mega is freaking out about this

[Buns_of_Fire]

32. They served their purpose. Now, who cares what they think? nt

[roamer65]

33. Idaho. This could get interesting. A state full of MAGATs and "sovereign citizens".

What could go wrong?

[Takket]

35. anyone want to even dare to imagine what the reaction would be if Biden let a mideast country establish a base in Idaho?

or even what the reaction would be if he let the UK do it in a blue state like Connecticut?

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

36. Will his gifted "Allah Force One" be able to land there?