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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 9:34 pm
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Originally Posted by superflyer99
I didn't know there US bases in France. France only entered NATO a few weeks ago. Only quick in an out in Marseille to sample to locals?

The USA had a facility at Istres AB in France for years. It just closed (as a US base) at the end of 2004. U-2s used it in the mid-90s for example.

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123009454).

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