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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]
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