The United Arab Emirates hosts United States air forces at Al Dhafra under bilateral defence cooperation agreements dating from 1994. Vigil records the arrangement as it is publicly described: a standing hosting relationship, older than the war, that the 2026 campaign put under fire on the host's own territory.
The United States in the Gulf maintains a presence hosted by United Arab Emirates. A directional arrangement: the two parties do not hold the same position in it. Authored once and read from both ends.
L’arrangement
- Statut
- ActiveEn vigueur et opérationnelle. Ne dit rien de la manière dont elle fonctionne, ni de la direction qu’elle prend.Dernier changement significatif : 2026-02-28.
- Ce qu’il couvre
- DéfenseStationnementTransfert d’équipementsCatégories que l’arrangement est documenté comme incluant. Ce n’est pas une mesure : une relation qui en couvre davantage est décrite plus en détail, non tenue plus fermement.
Synthèse
A United States–UAE defence cooperation agreement was signed in 1994 and has been renewed and expanded since; the Al Dhafra base area hosts the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing and has been publicly described by both governments as the principal American air presence in the federation. Through the 2026 war the UAE absorbed nearly half of Iranian launches against the Gulf states, hosted Israeli air-defence systems for the first time, and is the state whose air-defence integration with the United States is furthest advanced. The arrangement is authored here because the Atlas and the Map already carried its two ends without the edge between them. Vigil has not read the agreement text and authors none of its terms.
Pourquoi c’est important
Every forward United States position in this war stands on a host's territory, and the UAE is the host most heavily struck. The relationship explains why the federation's response to the war has been to harden rather than hedge, and it is the arrangement through which the air-defence integration the module's Watch tracks would run.
Accords
- United States–UAE Defense Cooperation Agreement · signé le 1994-07
The founding instrument, renewed and expanded in subsequent agreements whose texts are not public. Operative terms are not authored.
Événements associés
- La guerre du Golfe et la posture américaine en matière de bases qui a suivi 1990 – 1991
Militaire · Politique
- Des frappes américaines et israéliennes sur l’Iran ouvrent la guerre 28 févr. 2026
Military · Weapons deliveries
Organisations
Structures par lesquelles cette relation s’exerce. Elles n’y sont pas parties — les parties sont les deux acteurs ci-dessus.
Lieux
Repères que ce module publie déjà. Cette fiche n’ajoute aucune précision géographique qui lui soit propre.
Ce qui reste inconnu
- The current text of the cooperation agreement and any status-of-forces terms are not public; the record states that an arrangement exists and what it publicly covers.
- What the arrangement obliged either party to do when the base area was attacked is not established; the activity series records reported attacks with their basis and nothing about the response.
Questions Watch que cette relation concerne
Questions analytiques permanentes dont les éléments passent par cette relation, chacune avec sa dernière revue. Dérivées de l’objet Watch, jamais reformulées ici.
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Évalué au — 2026-09 Dernière revue — 2026-09-14