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This is a list of United States drone bases, containing military bases from which the United States operates unmanned aerial vehicles.

List[edit]

Country Base, location Operation

dates

Operations Notes
Afghanistan Kandahar International Airport until 2022
Afghanistan Forward Operating Base Chapman, Khost[1] until 2022 CIA facility[1]
Afghanistan Jalalabad Airport[1] until 2022 CIA-operated drones[1]
Afghanistan Bagram Airfield[1] until 2022 CIA-operated drones[1]
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Airport[2] since 2007[2] surveillance of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb over Mali, Mauritania and the Sahara[2]
Cameroon Garoua International Airport, Garoua[3] fight against Boko Haram in Nigeria[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 Al-Shabaab in Somalia, and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIL in 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]
Germany Ramstein Air Base
Italy Naval Air Station Sigonella[9] 2016-2019[9] bombing ISIL in Libya in defense of special forces fighting ISIL[9]
Kuwait Ali Al Salem Air Base[10] from at least 2014 bombing ISIL in Iraq[10]
Mauritania Nouakchott[2] until 2008[2] operations ended after the 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état[2]
Niger Nigerien Air Base 201, Agadez since 2019[11]
Niger Mano Dayak International Airport, Agadez[12] since 2014[12]
Niger Diori Hamani International Airport, Niamey since 2013[12]
Pakistan Shamsi Airfield, Balochistan province[13] until 2011[13] bombing Taliban and other Islamist militants in the tribal areas of Pakistan[13] CIA ordered to leave after killing of Pakistani soldiers[13]
Philippines Zamboanga International Airport[14] since 2012[15] bombing Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah in Southern Philippines[15]
Qatar Al Udeid Air Base[10] bombing ISIL in Iraq[10]
Saudi Arabia Umm Al Melh Border Guards Airport[16] since 2011[16] bombing Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIL in Yemen[17][18] secret CIA base[17]
Seychelles United States drone base in Seychelles,

Seychelles International Airport

since 2009 surveillance of Al-Shabaab over Somalia
Somalia Kismayo Airport[19] surveillance of Al-Shabaab over Somalia[19] operated by the Joint Special Operations Command[19]
Tunisia Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base[20] since June 2016[21] surveillance missions over Libya[21]
Turkey Incirlik Air Base, Adana[22] bombing ISIL and other groups in Syria[23]
United Arab Emirates Al Dhafra Air Base[10] bombing ISIL in Iraq[10]
Uzbekistan Karshi-Khanabad Air Base until 2005[24] CIA facility evicted by the Uzbek government[24]

References[edit]

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  3. ^ 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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  5. ^ 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.
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  8. ^ a b Whitlock, Craig (2011-10-27). "U.S. drone base in Ethiopia is operational". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2014-03-24. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  9. ^ a b c 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. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
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  13. ^ a b c d Masood, Salman (2011-12-11). "C.I.A. Leaves Pakistan Base Used for Drone Strikes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
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  15. ^ a b "Deadly Drone Strike on Muslims in the Southern Philippines". The Brookings Institution. 2012-03-05. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  16. ^ a b "Is This the Secret U.S. Drone Base in Saudi Arabia?". WIRED. Archived from the original on 2014-03-29. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  17. ^ a b "CIA operating drone base in Saudi Arabia, US media reveal - BBC News". BBC News. 6 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  18. ^ "In a first, U.S. launches deadly strikes on ISIS training camps in Yemen". The Washington Post. 2017-10-17. Archived from the original on 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  19. ^ a b c "Exclusive: U.S. Operates Drones From Secret Bases in Somalia". Foreign Policy. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  20. ^ "Drone Bases Updates". October 1, 2018. Archived from the original on March 21, 2020. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  21. ^ a b "U.S. has secretly expanded its global network of drone bases to North Africa". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  22. ^ "US Drone Crashes in Turkey". Defense News. 3 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-02-22. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  23. ^ "U.S. begins armed drone flights out of Incirlik Air Base in Turkey". CBS News. 3 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  24. ^ a b "US seeks new bases for drones targeting al-Qaida in Pakistan". Stars and Stripes. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_drone_bases