Topic: Canada considering international bases: MacKay

[ArmyVern]

GERN! 



Jetzt wird was los, oder?   

Just a normal conversation between friends!! That's all; they'll move along. 

[Macey]

Back of the bus gentlemen.   

Nein... I drive the BUS!!!!! You get off, haha.


I WIN..

[captloadie]

I hate to burst any of those 99 Red Balloons, but from what I have heard, they are basically picking up the 4 or 5 positions that were in Spangdhelam and moving them to Koln-Bonn. Even the outcan positions that were advertised this year said "position location TBD". Other developments and closures are happening, which will lead to even fewer Outcan positions   

[Get Nautical]

Move us to Australia and tell the Americans to stay in Guam

[milnews.ca]

Some details yet to be worked out, apparently....

Canadian plans to create a defense logistics hub in Germany are in doubt after complications arising from German objections over potential noise pollution.

Canada announced plans for opening the hub as it unveiled a long-term strategy to better prepare for overseas military operations.

Canadian forces are active in Afghanistan and took part in NATO's operation in Libya last year.

After talks with German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere in Ottawa on Feb. 14, Canada announced it would set up a logistics hub at German's Koln Bonn Airport, which serves Bonn, Cologne and surrounding tones.

The planned hub is to be a substitute for the U.S. Air Base Spangdahlem in the southwestern German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, which Canada shares.

Spangdahlem is near the sparsely populated city of Eifel while the Koln Bonn Airport is one of the busiest land and air transportation hubs.

Airport administration officials said they couldn't accept the plan for Canadian relocation as increased night flights in a congested urban center could upset residents.

Cologne city officials said they also opposed Canada's planned move.

"The airport of a major city is not the right location for additional military air traffic," Cologne Lord Mayor Juergen Roters said.

In fact, he said, the city favored a further reduction in night flights to reduce noise pollution.

Airport officials said they would continue to confer with Canadian armed forces and German Defense Ministry to find a solution ....

UPI, 22 Feb 12

[jollyjacktar]

Mod edit to remove article IAW site owner 3 Feb 11 direction.

Milnet.ca Staff

[Kirkhill]

Garvens, with the airport management, said allowing additional military flights from the Canadians "does not fit into our efforts, to keep the noise exposure of the residents as low as possible."

There's the troublemaker.....bloody typical.

[ArmyVern]

There's the troublemaker.....bloody typical.

Nice catch!! +300 !!

[Technoviking]

[ArmyVern]

+300 for you too!! New keyboard!!

[Macey]

99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Hielt man für Ufos aus dem All
Darum schickte ein General
'ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher
Alarm zu geben, wenn es so wär
Dabei war'n da am Horizont
Nur 99 Luftballons

[ArmyVern]

Hey Nina, apparently you can`t count!!

[Macey]

That's why I'm not supply...

[6V666]

If you are not supply what are you? A trucker has to know to count.

[CDN Aviator]

If you are not supply what are you? A trucker has to know to count.

I am willing to bet that someone in your trade should probably know how to write properly.

[Tom Billesley]

For land bases near current trouble spots there's the British Overseas Territories -sovereign base areas of Dhekelia and Akrotiri on Cyprus and the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean (currently leased to the United States and used as an anchorage for Military Sealift Command MPS). There's also the French islands of Reunion and Mayotte in the Indian Ocean but Mayotte is small and Reunion has occasional volcanic eruptions.  There's French and US military bases at Djibouti on the Red Sea.

[Get Nautical]

For land bases near current trouble spots there's the British Overseas Territories -sovereign base areas of Dhekelia and Akrotiri on Cyprus and the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean (currently leased to the United States and used as an anchorage for Military Sealift Command MPS). There's also the French islands of Reunion and Mayotte in the Indian Ocean but Mayotte is small and Reunion has occasional volcanic eruptions.  There's French and US military bases at Djibouti on the Red Sea.

Its probably not good to be on an island, 2012 is coming...now where did I put my tinfoil hat...there it is 

If we built an aircraft carrier, wouldn't that provide the much needed capability.
Edit: Or a hybrid of the Aircraft Carrier and Helicopter Carrier.

[Gramps]

I hate to burst any of those 99 Red Balloons, but from what I have heard, they are basically picking up the 4 or 5 positions that were in Spangdhelam and moving them to Koln-Bonn. Even the outcan positions that were advertised this year said "position location TBD". Other developments and closures are happening, which will lead to even fewer Outcan positions   

I believe you are correct. Spangdahlem is a great place geographically but it is not the best logistically for many reasons, still I would have loved to have had more than six months there. From what I know it is being moved.