| Niger Air Base 201 Nigerien Air Base 201 | |||||||
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| Agadez, Agadez Region in Niger | |||||||
 A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III taking off from the base in 2021 | |||||||
  Niger Air Base 201 | |||||||
| Coordinates | 16°57′01″N 8°00′50″E / 16.95028°N 8.01389°E | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Niger Armed Forces | ||||||
| Operator | Niger Armed Forces | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 2016–2019 | ||||||
| In use | November 2019 – present[1] | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Elevation | 505 metres (1,657 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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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. As of February 2018, the site consisted of a runway, a hangar, and numerous smaller buildings for personnel to work and live in.[7]
- ^ Pawlyk, Oriana (1 November 2019). "US Begins Drone Operations Out of New Niger Air Base". Military.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019.
- ^ Gaffey, Conor (20 September 2016). "U.S. Building '$50 Million Drone Base' in Niger". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016.
- ^ Damon, Arwa; Swails, Brent; Laine, Brice (21 July 2017). "This city is a tinderbox, and the US is building a drone base next door". CNN. Archived from the original on 21 July 2017.
- ^ Raghavan, Sudarsan; Whitlock, Craig (24 November 2017). "A city in Niger worries a new U.S. drone base will make it a 'magnet' for terrorists". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017.
- ^ Whitlock, Craig (1 September 2014). "Pentagon set to open second drone base in Niger as it expands operations in Africa". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 16 September 2014.
- ^ Farge, Emma (30 September 2016). "U.S. building $100 million drone base in central Niger". Reuters. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017.
- ^ Penney, Joe (18 February 2018). "Drones in the Sahara: A Massive U.S. Drone Base Could Destabilize Niger — and May Even Be Illegal Under Its Constitution". The Intercept. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.