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In this map, U.S. AFRICOM Area of Responsibility is shown in yellow February 2007 Draft Map of U.S. AFRICOM showing its creation from parts of USEUCOM, USCENTCOM and USPACOM. The territory of the command consists of all of the African continent except for Egypt , which remains under the responsibility of Central Command, as it closely relates ...
C-21A, C-37A, C-130J. Tanker. KC-135R. The United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) is a United States Air Force (USAF) major command (MAJCOM) and a component command of both United States European Command (USEUCOM) and United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM). [5] As part of its mission, USAFE-AFAFRICA commands ...
President of the United States Secretary of Defense: Appointer: The President with Senate advice and consent: Term length: 3 years: Constituting instrument: 10 U.S.C. § 164: Formation: 1 October 2007: First holder: William E. Ward: Deputy: Deputy Commander, United States Africa Command
In February 2007, United States President George W. Bush announced the establishment of the United States Africa Command which took over all of the area of operations of CJTF-HOA in October 2008. [73] [74] CJTF-HOA consists of about 2,000 servicemen and women from the United States military and allied countries.
United States Army Europe and Africa. United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) is an Army Service Component Command (ASCC) / Theater Army responsible for directing United States Army operations throughout the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility. [1]
The Southern European Task Force was formally activated during a ceremony October 25, 1955. On 3 December 2008 in Rome, Italy, an official announcement by the U.S. and Italian governments stated that SETAF would become USARAF, and one week later on 9 December 2008 USARAF was established as the Army Service Component Command of AFRICOM.
September 16, 2024 at 12:59 PM. Carley Petesch/AP/File. The US military completed its withdrawal from Niger on Sunday, US Africa Command announced in a news release. “This process began on May ...
On 15 November 2015, the US launched an airstrike in Derna, Libya killing senior ISIL leader Abu Nabil al-Anbari. [53] Abu Nabil formerly led operations in Iraq alongside al-Qaeda from 2004 to 2010. [54] This marked the first time United States military action was used against ISIL outside of Syria and Iraq. This was concurrent to the Battle of ...