Originally Posted by
SASless
Are the French still in Djibouti.....seems a nice airfield there that has seen lots of use by various air forces.
And very close to Yemen.
Of course there are other airbases around the Middle East where land based air ops can follow from.
But that does not negate the time constraints ocean based assets must confront.
US Mil certainly have a large presence at HDAM -Camp Lemonnier. Operating 'various' types out of there at the moment.
Hutch