Gardez Air Base

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Coordinates: 33°37′12″N 69°13′48″E / 33.62°N 69.23°E / 33.62; 69.23

Medevac helicopter arrving at Gardez.

Gardez Air Base is a military facility in Paktia Province, Afghanistan.[1][2] The airbase was used as a regional collection center in the program to disarm Afghanistan's local militias.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "ANBP Weekly Summary Report". Afghanistan 's New Beginnings Programme. 2003-11-08. http://www.undpanbp.org/Weekly%20Sammary%20Report/ANBP%20Weekly%20Summary%20Report%208,Nov,2003.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-14. [dead link] mirror
  2. ^ "Afghan driver wounded at ISAF checkpoint". NATO. 2007-07-09. http://www.nato-otan.org/isaf/docu/pressreleases/2007/07-july/pr070709-526.html. Retrieved 2008-11-14. [dead link] mirror
  3. ^ "Press Briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and by UN agencies". United Nations. http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocus/afghanistan/infocusnews.asp?NewsID=777&sID=1. Retrieved 2008-11-14. "In addition to the cantonment that took place in the past, heavy weapons cantonment has started in Gardez, where a weapons collection team has moved 142 heavy weapons to a cantonment site at Gardez airfield that is guarded by the Afghan National Army (ANA)."  mirror
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