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The base is used to support military operations against Boko Haram. [1] [3] Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division were stationed at the base from October 2017. [1]The task force provides security and logistics support for U.S. Africa Command's unmanned aerial vehicles, which gather intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance of nearby hot spots to help the Cameroonians locate and defeat ...
Cameroonian Air Force Base 301 (Base Aerienne 301 De Garoua) is an airbase of the Cameroonian Air Force located in Garoua, Cameroon. It is adjacent to the United States Army Contingency Location Garoua.
The first combat action of Cameroon Air Force was during an attempt of a coup in April 1984, when the air force remained loyal to president Paul Biya. [1] The air force includes three main aerial bases, in Yaoundé, Douala, and Garoua (Cameroonian Air Force Base 301). The air force staff is divided between these three bases, located within each ...
The air force has bases in Garoua, Koutaba, Yaoundé, Douala, and Bamenda. The Cameroonian Air Force was founded in 1960, the year of independence from France. There are under 400 troops in the air force. [1] Cameroon's Air Force has 9 combat-capable aircraft. [1]
Base, location Operation dates Operations Notes 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 ...
Garoua (also Garua; Fula: 𞤺𞤢𞤪𞤱𞤢, Garwa) is a port city and the capital of the North Region of Cameroon, lying on the Benue River. A thriving centre of the textiles and cotton industries, the city has approximately 1,285,000 inhabitants in 2020, mostly Fulbe/Fulani people.
The Rapid Intervention Battalion (Bataillon d'Intervention Rapide, or BIR) is an elite military force [1] and an army combat unit of the Cameroonian Armed Forces. [2]The unit is supported by the United States, reports directly to the president of Cameroon, and has played a large part in the Cameroonian and regional war against Boko Haram.
Garoua is the industrial heart of all of Cameroon's Grand North, and numerous factories dot the city. Among the goods produced in Garoua are beer and soft drinks, soap, cotton products such as textiles and cottonseed oil, construction materials, processed foods, and shoes. Figuil and Pitoa are smaller industrial centres.