American military forces are about to lose a special tax break. As of 2006, says US European Command, US troops stationed in Turkey no longer will be exempt from paying federal taxes. The Pentagon stations nearly 2,000 troops there, including several hundred airmen at Incirlik Air Base. EUCOM announced the bad news last week. The change comes about because Turkey, as of Dec. 31, won’t anymore be considered a front-line state in support of the war in Iraq. The Pentagon terminated that status. The tax break had been in effect since January 2003.
Two B-52H Stratofortresses from the 96th Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., left the installation on the evening of Oct. 13, flew nonstop to Europe to train with NATO over the North Sea, and returned the next night, 2nd Bomb Wing spokesperson Capt. Christopher Sullivan told Air Force…