Diego Garcia, the southernmost island in the Chagos Archipelago and a part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, is centrally located in the Indian Ocean. It is a narrow atoll 39 miles long that …

Diego Garcia is the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago, part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). ... but the UK and Mauritian governments agreed in 1972 that 426 families, …

During December 1972, a Pre-commissioning Detachment arrived to prepare the Naval Communication Station for operations. On 20 March, 1973 U.S. Naval Communication Station, …

By 15 October 1971, the Chagossians on Diego Garcia had all been removed to the Peros Banhos and Salomon plantations on ships chartered from Mauritius and the Seychelles. In …

Our aim in this Report is to restore confidence in the arrangements by which the US has use of Diego Garcia, by signalling more clearly to the US Administration, the British public and others, …

Aerial Photos of Diego Garcia... Get up off your beach chair, climb in our special photo-recce plane, and enjoy the view! Show your wife and/or husband and kids exactly what the durn …

Oct 13, 2024 · In 1971, the Island of Diego Garcia was totally cleared of houses, shops, churches and even graves and the coconut plantations were destroyed. The owners of the plantation …

Today, Diego Garcia is a well built-up military outpost, but when I was there, it was still in development. Construction of a naval communication station and a runway had been …

Navy P-3 Orion pilot Jim McStay recalls a long day in the air from Diego Garcia with special cargo in a cooler and a badly hurt SeaBee on a litter awaiting emergency surgery.

Diego Garcia: British-American Legal Black Hole in the Indian Ocean? Peter H. Sand* Abstract Environmental risks from US military construction on the atoll of Diego Garcia (British Indian …