List of the 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.

Active

Country	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 Nigeria[4]
Djibouti	Chabelley Airport[5]	since 2013[5]
Germany	Ramstein Air Base
Kuwait	Ali Al Salem Air Base[6]	from at least 2014	bombing ISIL in Iraq[6]
Philippines	Zamboanga International Airport[7]	since 2012[8]	bombing Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah in Southern Philippines[8]
Qatar	Al Udeid Air Base[6]		bombing ISIL in Iraq[6]
Saudi Arabia	Umm Al Melh Border Guards Airport[9]	since 2011[9]	bombing Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIL in Yemen[10][11]	secret CIA base[10]
Seychelles	United States drone base in Seychelles, Seychelles International Airport	since 2009	surveillance of Al-Shabaab over Somalia
Somalia	Kismayo Airport[12]		surveillance of Al-Shabaab over Somalia[12]	operated by the Joint Special Operations Command[12]
Tunisia	Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base[13]	since June 2016[14]	surveillance missions over Libya[14]
Turkey	Incirlik Air Base, Adana[15]		bombing ISIL and other groups in Syria[16]
United Arab Emirates	Al Dhafra Air Base[6]		bombing ISIL in Iraq[6]

Former

Country	Base, location	Operation dates	Operations	Notes
Afghanistan	Kandahar International Airport	until 2022
Afghanistan	Forward Operating Base Chapman, Khost[17]	until 2022		CIA facility[17]
Afghanistan	Jalalabad Airport[17]	until 2022		CIA-operated drones[17]
Afghanistan	Bagram Airfield[17]	until 2022		CIA-operated drones[17]
Djibouti	Camp Lemonnier[18]	2010[18]-2013[5]	bombing Al-Shabaab in Somalia, and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIL in Yemen[18]	operations moved to Chabelley over public safety concerns[5]
Ethiopia	Arba Minch Airport[19]	2011-2016	bombing Al Qaeda in East Africa[19]
Italy	Naval Air Station Sigonella[20]	2016-2019[20]	bombing ISIL in Libya in defense of special forces fighting ISIL[20]
Mauritania	Nouakchott[1]	until 2008[1]		operations ended after the 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état[1]
Niger	Nigerien Air Base 201, Agadez	2019-2024[21]		operations ended after the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
Niger	Mano Dayak International Airport, Agadez[22]	2014-2024[22]		operations ended after the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
Niger	Diori Hamani International Airport, Niamey	2013-2024[22]		operations ended after the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
Pakistan	Shamsi Airfield, Balochistan province[23]	until 2011[23]	bombing Taliban and other Islamist militants in the tribal areas of Pakistan[23]	CIA ordered to leave after killing of Pakistani soldiers[23]
Uzbekistan	Karshi-Khanabad Air Base	until 2005[24]		CIA facility evicted by the Uzbek government[24]

See also

• List of American military installations
• List of countries with overseas military bases
• Base Realignment and Closure
• United States military deployments
• Lists of military installations
• American imperialism
• List of wars involving the United States