Forward Operating Base Sharana

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| name = FOB Sharana

| ensign= Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg

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| location = Sharana, Paktika Province

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| country = Afghanistan

| image = 1st AH-64D to exceeed 10,000 operational flying hours.jpeg

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| pushpin_map = Afghanistan

| pushpin_label = FOB Sharana

| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Afghanistan

| coordinates = {{Coord|33|07|44|N|68|50|21|E|region:AF_type:airport|display=inline,title}}

| type = Forward operating base

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| ownership = International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

| operator = United States Armed Forces

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| built = {{Start date|2005}}

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| used = 2004-{{End date|2013}}

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| elevation = {{Convert|2237|m|0}}

| IATA = OAS

| ICAO = OASA

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| r1-number = 14/32

| r1-length = 1300m

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| footnotes={{cite web|title=Sharana (OASA)|url=https://www.motca.gov.af/?id=86|work=Civil Aviation Authority|publisher=Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|accessdate=7 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101070031/https://www.motca.gov.af/?id=86|archive-date=1 January 2014|url-status=dead}}

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Forward Operating Base (FOB) Sharana was a large forward operating base with many amenities, including a United Service Organizations installation.{{cite web|url=http://www.emilitary.org/article.php?aid=15764#.UOAhI6yz7Fw|title=USO Christmas Party on FOB Sharana|last=Morales|first=Nicolas |date=21 December 2012|publisher=emilitary.org|accessdate=30 December 2012}} It is located in Paktika Province, Afghanistan.{{cite web|url=http://www.dvidshub.net/news/99688/afghan-troops-train-specialized-fighting-force#.UOAiq6yz7Fw|title=Afghan troops train to be specialized fighting force|last=Arnold|first=Gene|date=22 December 2012|publisher=DVIDS|accessdate=30 December 2012}}

FOB Sharana was initially established as Camp Kearney on 21 November 2004. This was followed by the construction of an airstrip and helicopter landing zone. It was completed in 2005 and the name officially changed to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Sharana. The perimeter of the FOB grew steadily through 2007. It was a hub to many NGO construction projects and vocational training programs that went on in Paktika Province as well as hosting ISAF units from other nations such as South Korea, Poland and Czech Republic.

The FOB was constructed on a prominent rise overlooking Route Audi. Additionally OP Mest near the village of Yahya Kheyl at the entrance of the valley was built. This observation post maintained a full-time garrison to provide additional security and overwatch for the FOB.

Opening on 1 March 2011, The SPC Jordan Byrd Trauma Center provided combat medical services for the region. The center was named in honor of Specialist Jordan Byrd, a Task Force Red Currahee medic from Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, who had died at OP Mest the previous October while saving another soldier.{{cite news|last=Sinders|first=Christina|title=Trauma center named after fallen Currahee medic opens|url=https://www.army.mil/article/52652/Trauma_center_named_after_fallen_Currahee_medic_opens/|access-date=6 January 2014|newspaper=Task Force Currahee Public Affairs|date=2 March 2011}}

In May 2013 Security Force (SECFOR) 240B, consisting of Jordanian military volunteers, assumed security duties for the FOB as American forces began to draw down.{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/109923/Jordanian_Armed_Forces_transfer_authority_of_FOB_Sharana_security/|title=Jordanian Armed Forces transfer authority of FOB Sharana security}} The FOB was dismantled and returned to the Afghan Government on 1 October 2013.{{cite journal |title=ISAF forward operating bases handed back to Afghan government |journal=AirForces Monthly |location=Stamford |publisher=Key Publishing |date=December 2013 }} The site is now the location of Sharana public airfield.