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On 1 October 2008, the Seventeenth Air Force was established at Ramstein Air Base, Germany as the United States Air Force component of the Africa Command. [43] Brig. Gen. Tracey Garrett was named as commander of the new USMC component, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Africa (MARFORAF), in November 2008.
1,890 metres (6,201 ft) Asphalt. Niger Air Base 201 (also known in some sources as "Nigerien Air Base 201") is a Nigerien airbase near Agadez, Niger. [2][3][4][5][6] The base is about 5 km southeast of Agadez. It is owned by the Nigerien military but was built and paid for by the United States. It was operated by the U.S. military as a drone base.
09/27. 3,150 metres (10,335 ft) Asphalt. Airfield shared with Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport. Camp Lemonnier is a United States Naval Expeditionary Base, [1] situated next to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport in Djibouti City, and home to the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) of the U.S. Africa Command ...
Swearing in at a US Military Entrance Processing Station. The United States Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM) is a Major Command of the U.S. Department of Defense. The organization screens and processes enlisted recruits into the United States Armed Forces in the 65 Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) it operates ...
Gqeberha is home to Prince Alfred's Guard (Air Assault). The Mthatha army base is home to the 14 South African Infantry Battalion (Motorised Infantry). Greenacres is home to the Regiment Piet Retief (Light Infantry). East London is home to the Buffalo Volunteer Rifles (Light Infantry). Bulembu King William's Town.
2 Air Servicing Unit, 526 Squadron, Central Flying School. PC-7 Mk II (Astra) Air Force Base Overberg. 34°33′17″S 20°15′02″E / 34.55472°S 20.25056°E / -34.55472; 20.25056 (Air Force Base Overberg) 525 Squadron, Test Flight and Development Centre. Cheetah D, Hawk Mk 120, PC-7 Mk II (Astra) AFB Swartkop.
Transport. C-21A, C-37A, C-130J. Tanker. KC-135R. The United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) is a United States Air Force (USAF) major command (MAJCOM) and a component command of both United States European Command (USEUCOM) and United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM). [ 5 ]
Asphalt. Air Force Base Ysterplaat (ICAO: FAYP) is an airbase of the South African Air Force. It is located in Cape Town suburb Ysterplaat, on the southwestern coast of South Africa. The name Ysterplaat is Afrikaans from the Dutch "Ijzerplaats", meaning "Iron Place" or "Place of Iron" in English. The base's motto is Fortiter In Re (Resolute in ...