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.
Abroad
Country | Base, location | Operation
dates |
Operations | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | Kandahar International Airport | |||
Afghanistan | Forward Operating Base Chapman, Khost[1] | CIA facility[1] | ||
Afghanistan | Jalalabad Airport[1] | CIA-operated drones[1] | ||
Afghanistan | Bagram Airfield[1] | CIA-operated drones[1] | ||
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou Airport[2] | since 2007[2] | surveillance over Mali, Mauritania and the Sahara[2] | |
Cameroon | Garoua[3] | fight against Boko Haram[3] | ||
Chad | N’Djamena[4] | since 2014[5] | fight against Boko Haram in Nigeria[5] | |
Djibouti | Chabelley Airport[6] | since 2013[6] | ||
Djibouti | Camp Lemonnier[7] | 2010[7]-2013[6] | bombing Somalia and Yemen[7] | operations moved to Chabelley over public safety concerns[6] |
Ethiopia | Arba Minch Airport[8] | 2011-2016 | bombing Al Qaeda in East Africa[8] | |
Italy | Naval Air Station Sigonella[9] | since 2016[9] | bombing Libya and other countries in North Africa[9] | |
Kuwait | Ali Al Salem Air Base[10] | bombing Islamic groups in Iraq[10] | ||
Mauritania | Nouakchott[2] | until 2008[2] | operations ended after the 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état[2] | |
Niger | Mano Dayak International Airport, Agadez[11] | since 2014[11] | ||
Niger | Diori Hamani International Airport, Niamey | since 2013[11] | ||
Pakistan | Shamsi Airfield, Balochistan province[12] | until 2011[12] | bombing of militants in the tribal areas of Pakistan[12] | CIA ordered to leave after killing of Pakistani soldiers[12] |
Philippines | since 2012[13] | bombing rebels in Southern Philippines[13] | ||
Qatar | Al Udeid Air Base[10] | bombing Islamic groups in Iraq[10] | ||
Saudi Arabia | unknown; location in the desert in the south of Saudi Arabia suggested.[14] | since 2011[14] | bombing rebels in Yemen[15] | secret CIA base[15] |
Seychelles | United States drone base in Seychelles, | since 2009 | surveillance missions over Somalia | |
Somalia | Kismayo Airport[16] | intelligence and counterterrorism[16] | operated by the Joint Special Operations Command[16] | |
Tunisia | unknown | since June 2016[17] | surveillance missions over Libya[17] | |
Turkey | Incirlik Air Base, Adana[18] | bombing ISIS and other groups in Syria[19] | ||
United Arab Emirates | Al Dhafra Air Base[10] | bombing Islamic groups in Iraq[10] | ||
Uzbekistan | Karshi-Khanabad Air Base | until 2005[20] | CIA facility evicted by the Uzbek government[20] |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The End of Drone War?". The American Conservative. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Whitlock, Craig (2012-06-13). "U.S. expands secret intelligence operations in Africa". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- 1 2 "Can the US' new drone base in Cameroon help fight Boko Haram?". Public Radio International. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- ↑ The Editorial Board (2014-05-30). "Dealing With Boko Haram". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- 1 2 Londoño, Ernesto (2014-05-21). "U.S. deploys 80 troops to Chad to help find kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- 1 2 3 4 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. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- 1 2 3 Whitlock, Craig (2012-10-25). "Remote U.S. base at core of secret operations". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- 1 2 Whitlock, Craig (2011-10-27). "U.S. drone base in Ethiopia is operational". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- 1 2 3 Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (2016-02-22). "Italy to allow US drones to fly out of Sicily air base for attacks on Isis". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Whitlock, Craig (2014-08-25). "U.S. relies on Persian Gulf bases for airstrikes in Iraq". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- 1 2 3 Whitlock, Craig (2014-08-31). "Pentagon set to open second drone base in Niger as it expands operations in Africa". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
- 1 2 3 4 Masood, Salman (2011-12-11). "C.I.A. Leaves Pakistan Base Used for Drone Strikes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- 1 2 "Deadly Drone Strike on Muslims in the Southern Philippines". The Brookings Institution. 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- 1 2 "Is This the Secret U.S. Drone Base in Saudi Arabia?". WIRED. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- 1 2 "CIA operating drone base in Saudi Arabia, US media reveal - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- 1 2 3 "Exclusive: U.S. Operates Drones From Secret Bases in Somalia". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- 1 2 "U.S. has secretly expanded its global network of drone bases to North Africa". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
- ↑ "US Drone Crashes in Turkey". Defense News. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ↑ "U.S. begins armed drone flights out of Incirlik Air Base in Turkey". CBS News. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- 1 2 "US seeks new bases for drones targeting al-Qaida in Pakistan". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
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