[ad_1] <br><div wp_automatic_readability="101.41107107763"> <div class="inline-image bg-lightest-gray align-center landscape-image" wp_automatic_readability="9"> <img class="mb2-plus4" src="https://www.stripes.com/incoming/tgfq07-060524nigerphoto01.jpg/alternates/LANDSCAPE_910/060524NIGERphoto01.jpg" alt="Tech. Sgt. Jacob Kozlowski prepares to download cargo from a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules at Air Base 101, in Niger in February 2023. Russian forces are now operating inside the base, but they pose little risk to American personnel there, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said this week. "/> <!-- <div class="caption bg-lightest-gray bb b--medium-gray"> -- <div class="caption bg-lightest-gray" wp_automatic_readability="13"> <p class="default-font lh-default ma0 mh3 mt0 pb3"> Tech. Sgt. Jacob Kozlowski prepares to download cargo from a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules at Air Base 101, in Niger in February 2023. Russian forces are now operating inside the base, but they pose little risk to American personnel there, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said this week. (Michael Matkin/U.S. Ari...</div> <br>[ad_2] <br><a href="https://www.stripes.com/theaters/africa/2024-05-03/niger-base-africom-russia-13738330.html">Source link </a>