The $70 million overhaul includes expanding the runway at Manda Bay. The base is used as part of counterterrorism operations against al-Shabab and ISIS-Somalia. By Nicholas Slayton Published Feb 1, ...

A 10,000-foot runway expansion project is underway at a strategic base in Kenya used by U.S. forces, officials from the two countries said this week. Kenyan forces, in partnership with the United ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Al-Shabaab raid at Manda Airfield in Kenya caught US military unprepared, AFRICOM commander Stephen Townsend has said, in an admission that could change approach in the fight against ...

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau points at a model showing the Manda Bay airfield expansion project. (US Embassy Nairobi) A groundbreaking ceremony for a significant expansion of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Airmen load a C-130J cargo plane in May 2025 at Manda Bay, Kenya. This past week the United States and Kenya broke ground on a ...