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The maintenance of overseas military bases enable the French Armed Forces to conduct expeditionary warfare, and often tend to be located in areas of strategic or diplomatic importance. In the French terminology, the "prepositioned forces" consist of the "sovereignty forces" based in the Overseas France and the "forces of presence" based abroad.
The French forces in Djibouti (FFDj) (French: Les forces françaises stationnées à Djibouti, lit. 'The French forces stationed in Djibouti') is a French overseas military base. It constitutes one of the larger French military contingents outside France.
Air Base name Base Aerienne French title Location Notes Saint-Denis Air Base: BA 181 Base aérienne 181 Saint-Denis "Lieutenant Roland Garros" Réunion: Tahiti - Faa'a Air Base: BA 190 Base aérienne 190 Tahiti – Faa'a "Sergent Julien-Allain" French Polynesia: Lamentin Air Base: BA 365 Base aérienne 365 Lamentin: Martinique: Cayenne ...
The division of labor between France and the G5 Sahel has been established by four permanent military bases: [23] (1) headquarters and an air force base in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena (under the leadership of French Général Palasset); (2) a regional base in Gao, north Mali, with at least 1,000 men; (3) a special-forces base in Burkina ...
The French Army built a forward operating base. [2] The French military is about 200 to 250 soldiers on January 1, 2015. [3] The operational base of Madama served as a command post for a military operation zone control for the French, Niger and Chad armies from 20 to 27 December 2014.
See Category:Military installations of NATO. Headquarters SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) in Casteau, north of Mons (), since 1966 (before in Paris).SHAPE is since 2003 the headquarters of Allied Command Operations (ACO) controlling all allied operations worldwide.
Pages in category "Military installations of France in other countries" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The base is used to support military operations against Boko Haram. [100] Approximately 200 personnel work at the site. Djibouti: Camp Lemonnier, CSL Chabelley: Camp Lemonnier is the largest U.S. base in Africa with more than 4,000 military personnel. [101] Kenya: Camp Simba: Second largest U.S. base in Africa.