'Sometimes NATO Ally' Islamist Turkey denies US permission to use base for V-22 rescue aircraft

'Sometimes ISIS NATO Ally' Islamist Turkey denies US permission to use base for V-22 rescue aircraft. (TZ).

The United States sought to deploy V-22 planes used for search and rescue missions at a Turkish base close to Syria, but Ankara balked at allowing the US to use its bases, a report said on Thursday.

The V-22s are currently deployed in Kuwait. The US has been reluctant to move the aircraft to northern Iraq given the fact that this would require the US military to send more forces to Iraq to protect them.

“The U.S. has also wanted to station the planes in Turkey, but Ankara has balked at allowing the U.S. to use its bases,” WSJ said.

The UAE now wants the Pentagon to establish better search-and-rescue capability in northern Iraq close to the battlefield, including tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey aircraft, before resuming air strikes, according to Reuters. Hmmmm.....Why not stop the charade and kick Islamic bully Turkey out of NATO? Read the full story here.