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'''Tuzla Air Base''' was a military airport near [[Tuzla]], Bosnia and Herzegovina.

==History==
Tuzla International was once the largest military airport of the [[SFRY|former Yugoslavia]]. The [[350th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron]] was active there for a time. 

It was placed under the control of the [[United Nations Protection Force]] in 1992. 

In 1996 it became the main hub for the [[Implementation Force]] (IFOR), which was charged with supervising the implementation of the [[General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. 

In 1998, the canton of Tuzla turned Tuzla International to a civil airport. [[Tuzla International Airport]] opened on 10 October 1998 as a civilian airport and military airfield.

U.S. First Lady [[Hillary Clinton]] visited the airport on March 25, 1996, and later claimed that she landed under sniper fire and had to skip the welcoming ceremony, which later proved untrue.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/05/23/recalling-hillary-clintons-claim-of-landing-under-sniper-fire-in-bosnia/ Washington Post, May 23, 2016]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{ASN|TZL}}
*{{GCM|LQTZ|source=[[DAFIF]]}}
*{{NWS-current|LQTZ}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130215235003/http://www.tfeagle.army.mil/units/Eagle/eabg/default.asp Site of Detachment 1, 401 AEW]

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{{Airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Tuzla]]
[[Category:Defunct airports]]
[[Category:Airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
[[Category:Yugoslav Air Force bases]]
[[Category:Military installations closed in the 1990s]]