US Airpower in Africa

摘要

Little-known Manda Bay is an important forward operating site in US Africa Command's campaign to help destroy al Qaeda's affiliated al-Shabaab terrorist group in Somalia. On a recent afternoon, a detachment of Navy Seabee engineers was working around-the-clock shifts to finish a runway extension before the rainy season arrived. Once completed, the extension would allow Air Force C-130 transports to land at this remote base, the better to support Special Forces training detachments, other US forces in the region, and African Union troops deployed in Somalia.