After Being Stranded At Manas, Marines Fly Back To U.S.
April 16 2010
Hundreds of American troops who were stranded for days at the Manas airbase in Kyrgyzstan left for the United States on Thursday, reports the Marine Corps Times.
About 400 servicemen, mostly Marines bound for North Carolina, found themselves stuck in Manas after a violent uprising led to the ouster of the Kyrgyz president, said a U.S. Central Command spokesman.
The situation prompted to Pentagon to temporarily suspend all personnel flights through Manas and to schedule other...
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