A U.S. military transport aircraft is pictured on the tarmac at the Al Udeid Air Base, southwest of Doha, Qatar, on March 21, 2024. / Credit: GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images ...

Trump has visited Al Udeid Trump visited the air base during a trip to the region last month. It was the first time a sitting U.S. president had traveled to the installation in more than 20 years.

The Iranian attack on Al Udeid Air Base outside of Doha, Qatar's capital, on June 23 came as a response to the American bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran — and provided the Islamic Republic ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran retaliated Monday for the U.S. attacks on its nuclear sites by targeting Al Udeid Air Base, a sprawling desert facility in Qatar that serves as a major regional military ...

Al Udeid was the U.S. military’s crown jewel in the Middle East for two decades. Qatar built the base, the largest in the Middle East utilized by the U.S., at a cost of more than $8 billion.

US president has focused attention on the Gulf, visiting the region in first foreign policy trip of his second term.

The attack on Al Udeid Air Base in neighboring Qatar threatened to widen a conflict that began on June 13 with an Israeli strike on Iran targeting its nuclear program and ballistic missiles.