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Contingency Location Garoua is a United States Army base in Garoua, Cameroon. [1] Approximately 200 personnel work at the site. [ 1 ] The site is located adjacent to Cameroonian Air Force Base 301 .
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.
Cameroonian Air Force Base 301, Contingency Location Garoua: The base is used to support military operations against Boko Haram. [100] Approximately 200 personnel work at the site. Djibouti: Camp Lemonnier, CSL Chabelley: Camp Lemonnier is the largest U.S. base in Africa with more than 4,000 military personnel. [101] Kenya: Camp Simba
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]
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 ...
Contingency Location Garoua is a United States Army base in Garoua, Cameroon used to support military operations against Boko Haram. [68] Approximately 200 personnel work at the site. [citation needed] The site is located adjacent to Cameroonian Air Force Base 301. [69] Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division were stationed at the base from ...
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.
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 ...