Cameroonian Air Force Base 301

Cameroonian Air Force Base 301 (Base Aerienne 301 De Garoua) is an airbase of the Cameroonian Air Force located in Garoua, Cameroon. It is adjacent to the United States Army Contingency Location Garoua.

Operations

The base was used to launch the first Cameroonian airstrikes against Boko Haram, which involved Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets.[1]

As of 2017, the base was commanded by Col. Barthelemy M. Tsilla.[2][3][nb 1]

Education facilities

The base is also home to Ecole Maternelle Base Aerienne 301 Garoua, a government-run nursery school.[5]

Notes
  1. Alternatively transliterated as Barthelemy T'Silla or Barthélémy Tsilla[4][5]

References
  1. Omeni, Akali (8 September 2017). Counter-Insurgency in Nigeria: The Military and Operations against Boko Haram, 2011-2017. Taylor & Francis. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-351-59763-0.
  2. "Together for Security". U.S. Embassy in Yaounde. April 11, 2017. U.S. Army Maj. D. Max Ferguson thanked Chief of Staff of the Cameroonian Army Regional Commander Brig. Gen. Ndjonkep Meyomhy Frederic, and Cameroonian Air Force Base 301 Commander Col. Barthelemy M. Tsilla for our security partnership.
  3. Turnipseed, Christina (November 24, 2017). "Thanksgiving in Cameroon". United States Army. Col. Barthelemy Tsilla, commander of Air Base 301, and his Airmen were invited by Maj. Andrzej V. Kujawski, Task Force Darby commander at CL Garoua to join in the American Thanksgiving tradition.
  4. Hammer, Joshua (February 25, 2016). "The U.S. Extends Its Drone War Deeper Into Africa With Secretive Base". The Intercept.
  5. Barnes, Trevor (April 19, 2016). "U.S. Soldiers present donated educational supplies to Cameroonian school children". United States Africa Command.
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