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3 unusual facts about Kenya Defence Forces


Afmadow

On 18 October 2011, eyewitnesses reported that Kenyan jets were conducting low flight manoeuvres over the city and al-Shabab was preparing entrenchment systems to defend against an expected attack by Kenyan forces in a coordinated incursion with the Somalian army.

On 31 May 2012, it was reported that African Union (Kenyan forces) and Somali government troops captured the city, as al-Shabab abandoned the town without fighting.

Laikipia Air Base

After the a failed coup by a group of KAF officers on August 1, 1982, the Kenya Air Force was disbanded and placed under the control of the Kenyan Army.



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