It became the primary staging post for peacekeeping forces coming and going into the Balkans in December of 1995 becoming NATO's first military base in former Warsaw Pact territory. During two years of Operations Joint Endeavor and Joint Guard, Taszar can claim Europe's largest airlift mission since World War II. Normally, three or four C-130s make daily two-hour hops to Taszar from Ramstein AB, Germany. But during rotation surges, activity jumps to 20 aircraft - including jumbo commercial charters - that deliver some 4,000 US replacement peacekeepers.
In 1999 the airbase was used by the United States Marine Corps as a base for aircraft supporting Operation Allied Force in Kosovo. During Operation Joint Forge (1998-2004) the National Support Element (NSE) of the U.S. Army (consisting of approximately 250 U.S. Army personnel) was located at the airbase. In late 2000 the NSE's designation was changed to United States Army Support Element Tasar (USASET)[citation needed].
It was reportedly 'mothballed' in 2001,[2] but the United States then used it to train the Free Iraqi Forces before March 2003. Then Major General David Barno said the training programme had been ended, with the departure of the second group of Free Iraqi Forces, on April 1, 2003.[3]
As of April 2011[update], it is reported "disused".[4]
FacilitiesEdit
The air base is at an elevation of 156 metres (512 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with a concrete surface measuring 2,500 by 70 metres (8,202 ft × 230 ft).[1]
taszár, base, icao, lhta, military, base, located, near, taszár, somogy, county, hungary, kilometres, east, kaposvár, iata, noneicao, lhtasummaryairport, typemilitarylocationtaszár, hungaryelevation, amsl156, ftcoordinates46, 39333, 91833, 39333, 91833maplhtal. Taszar Air Base ICAO LHTA is a military air base located near Taszar Somogy County Hungary It is 10 kilometres 5 NM east of Kaposvar 1 Taszar Air BaseIATA noneICAO LHTASummaryAirport typeMilitaryLocationTaszar HungaryElevation AMSL156 m 512 ftCoordinates46 23 36 N 017 55 06 E 46 39333 N 17 91833 E 46 39333 17 91833MapLHTALLocation of Taszar Air BaseRunwaysDirection Length Surfacem ft16 34 2 500 8 202 ConcreteSource HungaryAirport hu 1 It became the primary staging post for peacekeeping forces coming and going into the Balkans in December of 1995 becoming NATO s first military base in former Warsaw Pact territory During two years of Operations Joint Endeavor and Joint Guard Taszar can claim Europe s largest airlift mission since World War II Normally three or four C 130s make daily two hour hops to Taszar from Ramstein AB Germany But during rotation surges activity jumps to 20 aircraft including jumbo commercial charters that deliver some 4 000 US replacement peacekeepers In 1999 the airbase was used by the United States Marine Corps as a base for aircraft supporting Operation Allied Force in Kosovo During Operation Joint Forge 1998 2004 the National Support Element NSE of the U S Army consisting of approximately 250 U S Army personnel was located at the airbase In late 2000 the NSE s designation was changed to United States Army Support Element Tasar USASET citation needed It was reportedly mothballed in 2001 2 but the United States then used it to train the Free Iraqi Forces before March 2003 Then Major General David Barno said the training programme had been ended with the departure of the second group of Free Iraqi Forces on April 1 2003 3 As of April 2011 update it is reported disused 4 Facilities EditThe air base is at an elevation of 156 metres 512 ft above mean sea level It has one runway designated 16 34 with a concrete surface measuring 2 500 by 70 metres 8 202 ft 230 ft 1 References Edit a b c LHTA Taszar Old Hungarian airbase seeks new owner all offers considered Politics hu www politics hu Archived from the original on 2015 04 18 Second Group of Free Iraqi Forces Deploys as Training Program is Suspended in Taszar Hungary HungaryAirport hu David Oliver ed East European Air Power No 3 in the AFM Airpower Series Air Forces Monthly Key Publishing 1991 External links EditEastern Wings 31st Kapos Tactical Fighter Regiment Taszar 1996 Accident history for LHTA at Aviation Safety Network Airport information for LHTA at Great Circle Mapper https www globalsecurity org military facility taszar htm Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Taszar Air Base amp oldid 1163914916, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
