The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) Air Wing has taken delivery of two Cessna 208B Caravan light aircraft donated by the United States. They were handed over by the Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Kampala, Patricia Mahoney on March 16 at Entebbe Airport. They were donated, together with a spares and training package, by the US Department of Defense. They will be based at the UPDF Air Wing base in the northern city of Gulu to support the hybrid African Union/United Nations Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and will be used for transport, medical evacuation and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance flights over Somalia. The US has provided other support for Uganda's involvement in Somalia, such as earlier this year donating eight armoured Toyota Land Cruisers to the UPDF and a number of Cougar MRAPs earlier this year.
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