Allied against al-Qaeda Nigerien Air Base 201, a drone base near Agadez in central Niger, was improved to support "enhanced defense cooperation with the Nigerien armed forces and regional ...

Air Base 201 is in the city of Agadez, which is about 550 miles from the capital, Niamey, and the U.S. military has used it for aerial surveillance flights and counterterrorism operations.

The base is called Nigerien Air Base 201, and is located in the desert region of Agadez, a strategic transit area for migrants. Both US and Nigerien aircraft will use the runways to launch armed ...

According to the media, the US spent more than $100 million to build Air Base 201, which was completed ... most of them stationed at a base near Agadez in the north of the country.