The Luftwaffe and American military equipment in Uzbekistan

On 30 January 2015 Germany’s ambassador to Uzbekistan, Neithart Hoefer-Wissing, officially confirmed that a small German air base in Termez in Uzbekistan will continue to function. The Termez base has been in operation since 2001 and, since the American Karshi-Khanabad air base closed in 2005, it has become the only Western military base in Uzbekistan. Since 2008 it has also been used by other NATO states with contingents in Afghanistan. Earlier, on 22 January 2015, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Department of State Daniel Rosenblum announced that the United States was going to donate 328 MRAP-type armoured vehicles to Uzbekistan.