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Saudis Wary on U.S. Use of Key Base


(San Francisco Chronicle) - "There's no agreement (on base rights) that I've been made aware of," said Gen. Dale Waters, commander of the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. Waters said that if the Saudis do not grant permission, much of his powerful armada - which includes F-16 fighter bombers, AWACS command centers, AE6-B communications jammers, and U-2 spy planes - will have to move to neighboring Qatar, where facilities are not as good.
2003-02-04 00:00:00
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