When news broke that Qatar was building facilities at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, social media lit up with outrage ...

Qatar is planning to build a new air force facility in the United States in the near future — specifically at Idaho's ...

Word about a new facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base to train Qatari fighter pilots spread rapidly when it was teased a week ago, but details of the sudden U.S. Defense Department deal have ...

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Qatari Air Force will send personnel to Elmore County, as the Mountain Home Air Force Base is set to host ...

In October 2025, the U.S. government announced it would allow the nation of Qatar to build a military base in Idaho. Qatar is not building a military base — it is funding the construction of new ...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho — The roar of fighter jets is nothing new at the Mountain Home Air Force Base, but the announcement that Qatari pilots may potentially soon train alongside American forces has ...

Fighter jets bearing Qatar’s maroon-and-white insignia will start ripping through Idaho airspace in five years’ time. That’s the plan ...

Several of Idaho’s top officials stayed quiet for days following the Friday announcement of a training facility for Qatari troops at the Mountain Home Air Force Base. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete ...

MOUNTAIN HOME (KIVI) — A major announcement from Washington over the weekend revealed plans for a foreign air force facility right here in Idaho – but Air Force records show those plans have been in ...

Angelo State University has named alumnus and retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ricky A. Hudec as its 2025 Veteran of the Year ...

Qatar will construct an air force training facility in the United States under a new bilateral defense arrangement, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday. The agreement allows the ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the U.S. will host a new Qatari air force facility in Idaho. “We’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatar Emiri Air Force ...