Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military officers gathered at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Va., on Sept. 30, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Pentagon agreed to host a new Qatar Air Force facility at a U.S. base in Idaho after the Middle Eastern country played a significant role in negotiating the deal between Israel and Hamas.
Hegseth said during an event that he signed a letter confirming a plan to “build a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Air Base in Idaho,” which is located 40 miles southeast of Boise. He made the announcement alongside Qatari counterpart, Minister of State for Defense Affairs Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.
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