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Aircraft. USA: from 2019 operational the Agadez base

Among the largest installations of the USF from where the attacks with drones will start

The United States has begun to build what will be one of the largest Air Force (USAF, US Air Force) bases outside the US territory. An investment of about $ 280 million for the military installation that will be built at Agadez in Niger, and which will be used as a take-off point for UAV drones (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) for Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions and attack.Together...

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Agadez, Niger, 09/03/2018 10:08
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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