Transit Center at Manas is a former U.S. military installation at Manas International Airport, near Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. It was primarily operated by the U.S. Air Force. The primary uni
A US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III assigned to the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Detachment 1 departs the Transit Center Manas during March 2014. The flight signified the end of the airlift mission into Afghanistan from the base.
Cap inscribed "U.S. Air Force – Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan"
A KC-135 Stratotanker sits on the flightline at Manas Air Base.
A C-5 Galaxy cargo plane being refuelled by a KrAZ tanker truck at Manas after arriving from Ramstein Air Base.
Operation Enduring Freedom was the official name used by the U.S. government for both the first stage of the war in Afghanistan and related military operations during the broader-scale global war on t
Transit Center at Manas
…December 2001, the 86th Contingency Response Group out of Ramstein Air Base in Germany arrived at Manas to open the airfield for military use as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. close air support aircraft deployed there included U.S. Air Force F-15Es and U.S. Marine Corps F-18s. In February 2002, a detachment of French…
U.S. soldiers of the Army's 10th Mountain Division deployed during Operation Enduring Freedom, 2009
5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. In four descending columns, from left to right: Maestrale, De Grasse; USS John C. Stennis, Charles de Gaulle, Surcouf; USS Port Royal, HMS Ocean, USS John F. Kennedy, HNLMS Van Amstel; and Luigi Durand de la Penne
AV-8B Harrier IIs from the United States Marine Corps' VMA-231 provide close air support over Helmand Province in December 2012.