Ankara says NATO deploys new Patriot battery at south Turkiye air base

A military aircraft is pictured on the runway at Incirlik Air Base, in the outskirts of the city of Adana, southeastern Turkey, on July 28, 2015. (AFP)
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Updated 18 March 2026
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Ankara says NATO deploys new Patriot battery at south Turkiye air base

Turkiye’s defense ministry said Wednesday NATO was deploying a new Patriot missile battery at Incirlik air base, just days after a third ballistic missile from Iran was shot down.
“Another Patriot system... is being deployed... in addition to the existing Spanish Patriot system stationed there,” a ministry official told reporters at the Turkish air base, which is just outside the southern city of Adana.