The Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, also known as the Ethiopian occupation of Somalia was an armed conflict lasting from mid-2006 to early 2009. It began when Ethiopian military forces, supported by th
Ethiopian National Defense Force soldier training with the U.S. troops in Hurso, Somali Region of Ethiopia (Dec 2006)
U.S. military forces transporting supplies with a C-130 at a remote airstrip in southern Ethiopia (Dec 2006)
ENDF T-55 tank captured by ICU fighters at the Idaale front (Dec 2006)
Since the mid-2000s, the United States has provided military support to the Ethiopian National Defence Force, African Union troops, the Somali Transitional Federal Government and its successor, the Fe
MQ-9 Reaper drone, commonly used over Somalia by U.S. forces.
U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Baledogle Airfield during Operation Octave Quartz, the operation to disperse U.S. forces across East Africa by the Trump administration, 22 December 2020