List of United States drone bases

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

Abroad
Country Base, location Operation

dates

 Operations Notes
Afghanistan Kandahar International Airport
Afghanistan Forward Operating Base Chapman, Khost[1] CIA facility[1]
Afghanistan Jalalabad Airport[1] CIA-operated drones[1]
Afghanistan Bagram Airfield[1] 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
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
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  20. https://dronecenter.bard.edu/drone-bases-updates/
  21. "U.S. has secretly expanded its global network of drone bases to North Africa". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  22. "US Drone Crashes in Turkey". Defense News. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  23. "U.S. begins armed drone flights out of Incirlik Air Base in Turkey". CBS News. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  24. "US seeks new bases for drones targeting al-Qaida in Pakistan". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
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