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Base station in Somalia
Baledogle Airfield, also called Wanlaweyn Airstrip, is the largest military air base in Somalia, about 90 kilometers northwest of the capital, Mogadishu. It was later expanded on and modernized. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) launches from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Dec. 9, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Liam Harris, a Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa engineer, measures a board for a new aid station at Baledogle airfield in Somalia on April 25, 2025. Army) STUTTGART, Germany — A new medical facility is among the recent improvements at a remote U. The Pentagon's annual Base Structure Report often understates the true number of bases. The United States maintains 6 military installations in Somalia, including 2 bases and 4 lily pads.
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