List of United States drone bases
This is a list of United States drone bases, containing military bases from which the United States operates unmanned aerial vehicles.
Active
Country | Base, location | Operation dates | Operations | Notes |
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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou Airport[1] | since 2007[1] | surveillance of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb over Mali, Mauritania and the Sahara[1] | |
Cameroon | Garoua International Airport, Garoua[2] | fight against Boko Haram in Nigeria[2] | ||
Chad | N’Djamena[3] | since 2014[4] | fight against Boko Haram in Nigeria[4] | |
Djibouti | Chabelley Airport[5] | since 2013[5] | ||
Germany | Ramstein Air Base | |||
Kuwait | Ali Al Salem Air Base[6] | from at least 2014 | bombing ISIL in Iraq[6] | |
Philippines | Zamboanga International Airport[7] | since 2012[8] | bombing Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah in Southern Philippines[8] | |
Qatar | Al Udeid Air Base[6] | bombing ISIL in Iraq[6] | ||
Saudi Arabia | Umm Al Melh Border Guards Airport[9] | since 2011[9] | bombing Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIL in Yemen[10][11] | secret CIA base[10] |
Seychelles | United States drone base in Seychelles, | since 2009 | surveillance of Al-Shabaab over Somalia | |
Somalia | Kismayo Airport[12] | surveillance of Al-Shabaab over Somalia[12] | operated by the Joint Special Operations Command[12] | |
Tunisia | Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base[13] | since June 2016[14] | surveillance missions over Libya[14] | |
Turkey | Incirlik Air Base, Adana[15] | bombing ISIL and other groups in Syria[16] | ||
United Arab Emirates | Al Dhafra Air Base[6] | bombing ISIL in Iraq[6] |
Former
Country | Base, location | Operation dates | Operations | Notes |
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Afghanistan | Kandahar International Airport | until 2022 | ||
Afghanistan | Forward Operating Base Chapman, Khost[17] | until 2022 | CIA facility[17] | |
Afghanistan | Jalalabad Airport[17] | until 2022 | CIA-operated drones[17] | |
Afghanistan | Bagram Airfield[17] | until 2022 | CIA-operated drones[17] | |
Djibouti | Camp Lemonnier[18] | 2010[18]-2013[5] | bombing Al-Shabaab in Somalia, and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIL in Yemen[18] | operations moved to Chabelley over public safety concerns[5] |
Ethiopia | Arba Minch Airport[19] | 2011-2016 | bombing Al Qaeda in East Africa[19] | |
Italy | Naval Air Station Sigonella[20] | 2016-2019[20] | bombing ISIL in Libya in defense of special forces fighting ISIL[20] | |
Mauritania | Nouakchott[1] | until 2008[1] | operations ended after the 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état[1] | |
Niger | Nigerien Air Base 201, Agadez | 2019-2024[21] | operations ended after the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état | |
Niger | Mano Dayak International Airport, Agadez[22] | 2014-2024[22] | operations ended after the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état | |
Niger | Diori Hamani International Airport, Niamey | 2013-2024[22] | operations ended after the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état | |
Pakistan | Shamsi Airfield, Balochistan province[23] | until 2011[23] | bombing Taliban and other Islamist militants in the tribal areas of Pakistan[23] | CIA ordered to leave after killing of Pakistani soldiers[23] |
Uzbekistan | Karshi-Khanabad Air Base | until 2005[24] | CIA facility evicted by the Uzbek government[24] |
See also
- List of American military installations
- List of countries with overseas military bases
- Base Realignment and Closure
- United States military deployments
- Lists of military installations
- American imperialism
- List of wars involving the United States
References
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- ^ a b "Can the US' new drone base in Cameroon help fight Boko Haram?". Public Radio International. Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
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- ^ a b Londoño, Ernesto (2014-05-21). "U.S. deploys 80 troops to Chad to help find kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ a b c d Whitlock, Craig; Miller, Greg (2013-09-24). "U.S. moves drone fleet from Camp Lemonnier to ease Djibouti's safety concerns". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
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