- Source: Forward operating site
A forward operating site (FOS) or forward operating location (FOL) is a U.S. military term for facilities, defined as "a scalable, 'warm' facility that can support sustained operations, but with only a small permanent presence of support or contractor personnel as opposed to a FOB or MOB. A FOS will host occasional rotational forces and many contain pre-positioned equipment." These sites were established as the Pentagon began to address regional threats primarily in Africa and Latin America following its 2004 global posture review.
An FOS is differentiated from a cooperative security location (CSL) with no permanent force or contractor personnel, or a forward operating base (FOB) and main operating base (MOB), with a large force and a well-defended site.
Locations
They include, but are not limited to the following locations:
= Asia
=Paya Lebar Airfield, Singapore
= Caribbean
=Curaçao International Airport, Curaçao, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Queen Beatrix International Airport, Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands
= Central America
=Soto Cano AB, Honduras
= Europe
=RAF Fairford, United Kingdom
Bulgaria, see List of joint US-Bulgarian military bases
Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania
= Africa
=Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti
Morocco
Tunisia
See also
Loss of Strength Gradient
Forward operating base (FOB)
Naval outlying landing field
Satellite airfield
List of established military terms
References
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- CentOS
- Brightline
- Kamala Harris
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Forward operating site
- Forward operating base
- Forward Operating Base Chapman
- List of forward operating bases
- Forward Operating Base Shank
- Forward Operating Base Salerno
- List of the United States military installations in Iraq
- Main operating base
- Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah
- Forward Operating Base 4
