Gidan wuta na Tinsley

Firebase Tinsley, wanda a da aka fi sani da Firebase Cobra, sansanin tallafawa kashe gobara ne na sojojin Amurka, wanda ke lardin Oruzgan a Afghanistan . Kamfanin Charlie "Cobras" na Bataliya ta 2, rundunar sojojin sama ta 5 ne suka kafa wannan sansanin, wanda aka tura tare da rundunar sojojin sama ta 25 (Light) daga Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. An sanya wa sansanin suna Firebase Cobra har zuwa mutuwar Kyaftin John Tinsley kusa da wurin a watan Agusta na 2009.  An nuna shi a cikin shirin talabijin na National Geographic na "Inside the Green Berets".  Rundunar Sojojin Musamman ta 3 ta Sojojin Amurka tana nan a wurin. Sansanin aiki ne na musamman na Amurka/AUS.

A ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 2007, ƙungiyar SF, da membobin Rundunar Sojin Ƙasa ta Afghanistan da 'Yan sandan Ƙasa ta Afghanistan, suka bar sansanin don kai ƙauyen Sarsina da ke kusa, don yin aikin agajin jin kai da kuma ayyukan kiwon lafiya.  Sajent Carlo A. Alcazar na CA 745 ya ba da rahoton cewa iyalai kaɗan ne kawai suka zo don neman magani da sojojin Firebase Cobra suka bayar, kuma Taliban ta hana mutane da yawa samun aikin likita. Bayan kammala aikin agajin su, sojojin sun binciki ƙauyen. "Abin da ya fi tayar da hankali," in ji Kyaftin Stephen P. Ward, wanda ya raka Alcazar da sauran mutanen, "shine gine-ginen suna da makulli da ƙofofi masu shinge, wanda hakan ya nuna a fili cewa ba a yi watsi da ƙauyen ba, amma an mayar da shi wurin da za a iya kare shi."  Daga ƙarshe, mutanen sun gano cewa an kwashe ƙauyen kuma aƙalla 'yan Taliban 300 aka sanya su a wurare da dama na faɗa a yunƙurin yin kwanton bauna ga sojojin Hadin Gwiwa a yankin. A cewar wani rahoto na GlobalSecurity.org, "a wani lokaci jirgin CA 745 ya shiga ya ceci Kwamandan Rundunar Soja ta Musamman wanda ya kama tsakanin layin Amurka da Taliban lokacin da suka sake mayar da hankali kan motocinsu a wurin yaƙi, daga ƙarshe suka isa gare shi suka ja da baya." 

An karrama Sajen Alcazar, Kyaftin Ward da Sajen First Class Drew Kimmey, wani memba na ƙungiyar, saboda rawar da suka taka. Sajen 1st Class. Kimmey ya sami lambar azurfa, kuma Staff Sgt. Alcazar da Kyaftin Ward duk an ba su lambar tagulla .   

An kashe Kwamandan Yaƙi na Rundunar Sojan Sama Mark Andrew Forester a fafatawa a Firebase Tinsley a ranar 29 ga Satumba, 2010 (Operation Enduring Freedom), yayin da yake ƙoƙarin ceton abokin aikinsa da ya faɗi. Saboda ayyukansa a wannan ranar, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Silver Star da Purple Heart bayan mutuwarsa. 

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