"New NATO mission still coming together
Air component HQ in Izmir not yet fully staffed
By Kent Harris, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday, October 23, 2005
IZMIR, Turkey — The first U.S. military missions in Turkey after World War II focused on containing the Soviet Union just across the Black Sea.
Decades later, though the Soviet Union no longer exists, the alliance formed to face off against the USSR still thrives. In fact, evidence of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s ongoing vitality is on display in Izmir."
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