Cameroonian Air Force Base 301 (''Base Aerienne 301 De Garoua'') is an airbase of the
Cameroonian Air Force
The Cameroon Air Force (, AdAC) is the air force of Cameroon. The Cameroon Air Force, along with the Cameroon Army, the Cameroon Navy (including the Naval Infantry), the National Gendarmerie, and the Presidential Guard (Cameroon), Presidential ...
located in
Garoua
Garoua (also Garua; Fula: 𞤺𞤢𞤪𞤱𞤢, Garwa) is a port city and the capital of the North Region of Cameroon, lying on the Benue River. A thriving centre of the textiles and cotton industries, the city has approximately 1,285,000 inhab ...
,
Cameroon
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. It is adjacent to the
United States Army
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Contingency Location Garoua.
Operations
The base was used to launch the first Cameroonian airstrikes against
Boko Haram
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, which involved
Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets.
As of 2017, the base was commanded by Col. Barthelemy M. Tsilla.
Education facilities
The base is also home to Ecole Maternelle Base Aerienne 301 Garoua, a government-run
nursery school
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.
Notes
References
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Military of Cameroon