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Portugal prosecutors probe legality of US use of Lajes base in Iran war

by | Oct 3, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

Cattle graze in front of a row of some fifteen US Airforce KC-46 Pegasus tankers and one P-8 Poseidon tankers from the US Navy which are stationed at Lajes Air Base, Praia da Vitória, Terceira island, in the Azores archipielago in the Atlantic Ocean on February 23, 2026. (photo credit: ANTONIO ARAUJO / AFP via Getty Images)
A longstanding agreement with the US allows Washington to use the base without prior authorisation during peacetime, but requires Portugal to give approval once hostilities begin.

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