Anyone heard of a phantom Canadian airbase in the country of Qatar?
There is no Canadian Airbase there, but as far as I’m aware, Canadian units do operate out of there in support of the Afghan mission. This would be CC-130’s mostly doing Loggy stuff, transhipping from stuff brought into Qatar via USAF C-17’s and commercial carriers.
The only reason I brought it up was an old RCAF Lt.Col. was telling me the CF has had personel out there for well over a decade.
That’s correct. Ever since 409 Squadron deployed to the Gulf in 1991 we’ve had at least a few people in Qatar.