A lineup of U.S. Air Force C-17s seen at Manas Air Base in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 18. Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted to close the air base that provides key support to military operations in Afghanistan. Azamat Imanaliev / The Associated PressKyrgyzstan Issues Eviction Notice For Manas -- Air Force Times
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — The United States was on the verge of being kicked out of its only military outpost in Russia’s historic backyard Friday after Kyrgyzstan gave U.S. forces six months to vacate an air base that serves as a key supply hub for troops in Afghanistan.
The Manas base, created shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, at first served as a symbol of what seemed like a budding strategic partnership between the U.S. and Russia.
But as relations between the countries soured in recent years, the base came to represent the renewed competition between the two former Cold War rivals.
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My Comment: I know that attempts to keep the base are still being made .... but the Kyrgyzstan Government has made their intentions very ... very .... very clear.