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Soldiers from the 322nd Parachute Regiment practice field tactics with the U.S. Army, 2007. The Niger Armed Forces (French: Forces armées nigériennes, FAN) includes military armed force service branches (Niger Army and Niger Air Force), paramilitary services branches (National Gendarmerie of Niger and National Guard of Niger) and the National Police of Niger.
Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger's junta to expel U.S ...
The focus will next shift to withdrawal from the $100 million drone base near Agadez in central Niger, which had provided crucial intelligence about jihadist-linked groups, U.S. Air Force Major ...
Read more on Yahoo News: Are military takeovers on the rise in Africa? via BBC The U.S. has been helping Niger in its counterterrorism efforts. Four American soldiers were killed in an ambush ...
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III taking off from the Air Base 201. The United States constructed Niger Air Base 201 in the city of Agadez after the Nigerien government granted approval for the base in 2014. After several years of construction, the base began operations in 2019 and has since became the central hub U.S. operations in Niger ...
On 16 March 2024, Niger's government announced that it was breaking off "with immediate effect" its military cooperation agreement with the United States. [17] On 7 July 2024, the U.S. completed withdrawal of all troops from Air Base 101 , while 500 remaining troops left Air Base 201 on 5 August.
There were a little over 1,000 U.S. troops in Niger as of last year, where the U.S. military operated out of two bases, including a drone base known as Air Base 201 built near Agadez in central ...
A Nigerian Air Force Beechcraft King Air B350i NAF201 crashed while returning to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Niger, after reporting an engine failure en route to Minna, Niger. The crash killed all 7 occupants on board. [71]