US Brigadier General Kevin J. Killea, chief of staff, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTFOIR) told reporters that the use of Incirlik base in Turkey for the US-led coalition’s air operations against the Islamic State in northern Syria and Iraq is ''already proving to have a great multiplier effect on the battlefield'', Hurriyet reports.
He also added that the armed Remotely Piloted Aircraft, strike fighters and aerial refueling tankers originating from Turkey were unified to make devastating results against ISIL targets.