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The base was leased by Djibouti to the United States in 2002, along with the right to use the neighboring airport and port facilities. The base supports Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (OEF-HOA) and is the centerpiece of a network of around six U.S. drone and surveillance bases stretching across the continent.
Camp Lemonnier is the largest U.S. base in Africa with more than 4,000 military personnel. [103] Kenya: Camp Simba: Second largest U.S. base in Africa. Over 600 U.S. military personnel work at Camp Simba. [104] Seychelles: United States drone base in Seychelles: Surveillance of Al-Shabaab over Somalia. Somalia: Baledogle Airfield
On 8 January it was reported that an AC-130 gunship belonging to the United States military had attacked suspected al-Qaeda operatives in southern Somalia. It was also reported that the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower had been moved into striking distance. [46] The aircraft flew out of its base in Djibouti.
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KBR (NYS: KBR) announced it was awarded the Djibouti Base Operation Support Services contract for services at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa and Manda Bay, Kenya ...
Although it is operated and used by the French military, [4] it began serving as a temporary base for U.S. military unmanned aircraft in September 2013. [5] [6] The move came after the Djiboutian government expressed concern over a number of recent drone mishaps and accidents at the American Camp Lemonnier Naval Expeditionary Base, which serves as a hub for counterterrorism operations in Yemen ...
Areas of military interest to the United States in Africa include the Sahara/Sahel region, [9] over which Joint Task Force Aztec Silence is conducting anti-terrorist operations (Operation Enduring Freedom - Trans Sahara), Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, where Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa is located (overseeing Operation Enduring ...
Djibouti Air Force – located on the southwest side of the airfield. Japan Self-Defense Forces. Japan Self-Defense Force Base Djibouti was established in 2009 on a 12 ha site adjacent to the airport; two P-3C aircraft and 180 personnel are stationed here. This is the only JSDF base located outside Japan, and is intended to protect Japanese ...
secret CIA base [10] Seychelles: United States drone base in Seychelles, Seychelles International Airport. 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]