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List of United States drone bases

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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[]

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[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "The End of Drone War?" (in en-us). http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-end-of-drone-war/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Whitlock, Craig (2012-06-13). "U.S. expands secret intelligence operations in Africa" (in en-US). ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-expands-secret-intelligence-operations-in-africa/2012/06/13/gJQAHyvAbV_story.html. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Can the US' new drone base in Cameroon help fight Boko Haram?" (in en-US). http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-01/can-us-new-drone-base-cameroon-help-fight-boko-haram. 
  4. ↑ "Dealing With Boko Haram". 2014-05-30. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/31/opinion/dealing-with-boko-haram.html. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Londoño, Ernesto (2014-05-21). "U.S. deploys 80 troops to Chad to help find kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls" (in en-US). ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-deploys-80-military-personnel-to-chad/2014/05/21/edd7d21a-e11d-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Whitlock, Craig; Miller, Greg (2013-09-24). "U.S. moves drone fleet from Camp Lemonnier to ease Djibouti's safety concerns" (in en-US). ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/drone-safety-concerns-force-us-to-move-large-fleet-from-camp-lemonnier-in-djibouti/2013/09/24/955518c4-213c-11e3-a03d-abbedc3a047c_story.html. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Whitlock, Craig (2012-10-25). "Remote U.S. base at core of secret operations" (in en-US). ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/remote-us-base-at-core-of-secret-operations/2012/10/25/a26a9392-197a-11e2-bd10-5ff056538b7c_story.html. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Whitlock, Craig (2011-10-27). "U.S. drone base in Ethiopia is operational" (in en-US). ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-drone-base-in-ethiopia-is-operational/2011/10/27/gIQAznKwMM_story.html. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (2016-02-22). "Italy to allow US drones to fly out of Sicily air base for attacks on Isis" (in en-GB). ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/22/italy-us-military-drones-isis-libya-sicily-base. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Whitlock, Craig (2014-08-25). "U.S. relies on Persian Gulf bases for airstrikes in Iraq" (in en-US). ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-relies-on-persian-gulf-bases-for-airstrikes-in-iraq/2014/08/25/517dcde0-2c7a-11e4-9b98-848790384093_story.html. 
  11. ↑ "Pentagon's Own Map of U.S. Bases in Africa Contradicts Its Claim of "Light" Footprint". 27 February 2020. https://theintercept.com/2020/02/27/africa-us-military-bases-africom/. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Whitlock, Craig (2014-08-31). "Pentagon set to open second drone base in Niger as it expands operations in Africa" (in en-US). ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-set-to-open-second-drone-base-in-niger-as-it-expands-operations-in-africa/2014/08/31/365489c4-2eb8-11e4-994d-202962a9150c_story.html. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Masood, Salman (2011-12-11). "C.I.A. Leaves Pakistan Base Used for Drone Strikes". ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/world/asia/cia-leaves-pakistan-base-used-for-drone-strikes.html. 
  14. ↑ Welch, Micah Zenko, Emma. "Where the Drones Are". https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/05/29/where-the-drones-are/. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Deadly Drone Strike on Muslims in the Southern Philippines" (in en). 2012-03-05. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413032655/http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2012/03/05-drones-philippines-ahmed. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Is This the Secret U.S. Drone Base in Saudi Arabia?" (in en-US). https://www.wired.com/2013/02/secret-drone-base-2/. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "CIA operating drone base in Saudi Arabia, US media reveal - BBC News" (in en-GB). BBC News. 6 February 2013. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-21350437. 
  18. ↑ "In a first, U.S. launches deadly strikes on ISIS training camps in Yemen". The Washington Post. 2017-10-17. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/10/16/dozens-of-isis-fighters-killed-in-yemen-strikes-pentagon-says/. Retrieved 2022-02-22. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "Exclusive: U.S. Operates Drones From Secret Bases in Somalia". https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/02/exclusive-u-s-operates-drones-from-secret-bases-in-somalia-special-operations-jsoc-black-hawk-down/. 
  20. ↑ "Drone Bases Updates". October 1, 2018. https://dronecenter.bard.edu/drone-bases-updates/. 
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "U.S. has secretly expanded its global network of drone bases to North Africa". https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-has-secretly-expanded-its-global-network-of-drone-bases-to-north-africa/2016/10/26/ff19633c-9b7d-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html. 
  22. ↑ "US Drone Crashes in Turkey". http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/2016/02/03/us-drone-crashes-turkey/79783670/. 
  23. ↑ "U.S. begins armed drone flights out of Incirlik Air Base in Turkey". http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-begins-armed-drone-flights-out-of-turkey/. 
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 "US seeks new bases for drones targeting al-Qaida in Pakistan". http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/us-seeks-new-bases-for-drones-targeting-al-qaida-in-pakistan-1.268098. 
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