Giving away the Indian Ocean archipelago to the east African nation will cost £35 billion, Whitehall estimates suggest ...

The Diego Garcia deal Diego Garcia is the tiny island, smaller than Manhattan, in the middle of the Indian Ocean that’s home to a major U.S. Navy and Air Force base. The military built the base ...

The agreement between the United Kingdom and Mauritius to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, while retaining a 99-year lease for the US-UK military base on Diego Garcia, has sparked ...

More: In Diego Garcia’s water, “pre-positioned” freighters and tankers wait at anchor, packed with tanks, ammo, fuel, food, water, the arms and material it takes for armies, navies and air ...

Diego Garcia served as a launch pad for U.S. bombers during the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. But Mauritius has mounted a concerted international push in recent years to ...

The 18th Wing said the wheel was recovered on the flightline at U.S. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean ...

Diego Garcia is the largest island of the British Indian Ocean Territory. But it is also claimed by the Indian Ocean state of Mauritius, which lies some 1,300 miles to the southwest.

While Diego Garcia may be out-of-reach, the Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain is not, nor are U.S. forces at the Al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar.

Diego Garcia, located in the Indian Ocean, was once a British Protectorate. However, in a deeply regrettable move, the British government handed over this land to the United States in the late 1960s.

An F-15E Strike was flying from Diego Garcia to Kadena when it was discovered that a wheel was missing. A U.S. Air Force ...

Diego Garcia first rose to prominence in the New York indie rock scene as frontman of the moody post-punk group Elefant. When Elefant split in 2010, Garcia pursued a solo career, culminating in ...