Pakistan Says Shamsi Shutdown for U.S.
by Robert Wall, aviationweek.comDecember 12th 2011 6:48 AM
The Pakistani military says the U.S. has now vacated the Shamsi airbase, which had served as a staging ground for Reaper unmanned aircraft operations.
The Pakistani government forced the shutdown after an incident along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border when a NATO helicopter attacked a Pakistani base, causing casualties.
Here are two pictures of the secretive facility the Pakistani military has now released, including the last C-17 departing.
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