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Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia is a British Ministry of Defence facility leased to the United States Navy, located on the atoll Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.[1]

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  1. 61 relations: Aerial refueling, Al-Qaeda, Amphibious Construction Battalion 2, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, British Armed Forces, British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories, British Indian Ocean Territory, Camp Thunder Cove, Captain (United States O-6), Chagossians, Chippenham, Commander, Navy Installations Command, Concrete, Defense Media Activity, Diego Garcia, Eleventh Air Force, Expulsion of the Chagossians, Forward operating base, GlobalSecurity.org, Gulf War, Herndon, Virginia, Indian Ocean, Iraq War, Iraqi Armed Forces, Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, KBR (company), Marine expeditionary brigade, Military Sealift Command, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Montrose, Colorado, Naval air station, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Far East, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40, Northrop B-2 Spirit, Olathe, Kansas, Pakistan, Rockwell B-1 Lancer, Royal Navy, Saudi Arabia, Seabee, September 11 attacks, Space Delta 2, Stars and Stripes (newspaper), Strategic Air Command, Strategic sealift ships, Taliban, The Pentagon, ... Expand index (11 more) »

  2. Chagos Archipelago
  3. Military installations of the United States in the United Kingdom
  4. Military of the British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories
  5. Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Sites
  6. Transport in the British Indian Ocean Territory

Aerial refueling

Aerial refueling, also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft are in flight.

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Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate.

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Amphibious Construction Battalion 2

Amphibious Construction Battalion TWO (abbreviated as ACB 2, or PHIBCB 2) was an amphibious construction battalion in the United States Navy based in Little Creek, Virginia.

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Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber.

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British Armed Forces

The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies.

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British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories

British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories (BFBIOT) is the name for the British Armed Forces Permanent Joint Operating Base (PJOB) on Diego Garcia, in the British Indian Ocean Territory. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia and British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories are military of the British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories.

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British Indian Ocean Territory

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia and British Indian Ocean Territory are Chagos Archipelago.

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Camp Thunder Cove

Camp Thunder Cove, formerly Camp Justice is a United States Navy and Air Forces support facility within the US-UK Naval Support Facility on Diego Garcia, a small and isolated island in the Indian Ocean. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia and Camp Thunder Cove are Chagos Archipelago, military installations of the United States in the United Kingdom, military of the British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories and united States Navy installations.

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Captain (United States O-6)

In the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps), captain is the senior-most commissioned officer rank below that of flag officer (i.e., admirals).

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Chagossians

The Chagossians (also Îlois or Chagos Islanders) are an Afro-Asian ethnic group originating from freed African slaves brought to the Chagos Islands, specifically Diego Garcia, Peros Banhos, and the Salomon island chain, in the late 18th century as well as people of Asian (Indian and Malay) descent. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia and Chagossians are Chagos Archipelago.

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Chippenham

Chippenham is a market town in north-west Wiltshire, England.

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Commander, Navy Installations Command

The Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) is an Echelon II shore command responsible for all shore installations under the control of the United States Navy.

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Concrete

Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time.

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The Defense Media Activity (DMA) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) field activity.

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Diego Garcia

Diego Garcia is an island of the British Indian Ocean Territory, a disputed overseas territory of the United Kingdom also claimed by Mauritius. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia and Diego Garcia are military of the British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories.

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Eleventh Air Force

The Eleventh Air Force (11 AF) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).

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Expulsion of the Chagossians

The United Kingdom, at the request of the United States, began expelling the inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago in 1968, concluding its forced deportations on 27 April 1973 with the expulsion of the remaining Chagossians on the Peros Banhos atoll.

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Forward operating base

A forward operating base (FOB) is any secured forward operational level military position, commonly a military base, that is used to support strategic goals and tactical objectives.

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GlobalSecurity.org

GlobalSecurity.org is an American independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that serves as a think tank, and research and consultancy group.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

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Herndon, Virginia

Herndon is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, part of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approx.

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Iraq War

The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.

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Iraqi Armed Forces

The Iraqi Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of Iraq.

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Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait began on 2 August 1990 and marked the beginning of the Gulf War.

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KBR (company)

KBR, Inc. (formerly Kellogg Brown & Root) is a U.S. based company operating in fields of science, technology and engineering.

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Marine expeditionary brigade

A Marine expeditionary brigade (MEB) is a formation of the United States Marine Corps, a Marine air-ground task force of approximately 14,500 Marines and sailors constructed around a reinforced infantry regiment, a composite Marine aircraft group, a combat logistics regiment and a MEB command group.

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Military Sealift Command

The Military Sealift Command (MSC) is an organization that controls the replenishment and military transport ships of the United States Navy.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Montrose, Colorado

Montrose is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Montrose County, Colorado, United States.

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A naval air station is a military air base, and consists of a permanent land-based operations locations for the military aviation division of the relevant branch of a navy (Naval aviation).

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The Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (NCTS) Far East is a Navy military unit headquartered in Yokosuka, Japan.

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The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) is the United States Navy's engineering systems command, providing the Navy and United States Marine Corps with facilities and expeditionary expertise.

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Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB ONE), is a United States Navy Seabee battalion.

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Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133) is a United States Navy Construction Battalion, otherwise known as a Seabee battalion, homeported at the Naval Construction Battalion Center (Gulfport, Mississippi).

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Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FORTY (NMCB 40), nicknamed Fighting FORTY, was a US Navy Seabee Battalion based out of Port Hueneme, California.

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Northrop B-2 Spirit

The Northrop B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low-observable stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses.

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Olathe, Kansas

Olathe is the county seat of Johnson County, Kansas, United States.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Rockwell B-1 Lancer

The Rockwell B-1 Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East.

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Seabee

United States Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Navy Seabees, form the U.S. Naval Construction Forces (NCF).

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September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.

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Space Delta 2

Space Delta 2 (DEL 2) is the United States Space Force's space domain awareness and space battle management delta and is headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.

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Stars and Stripes (newspaper)

Stars and Stripes is a daily American military newspaper reporting on matters concerning the members of the United States Armed Forces and their communities, with an emphasis on those serving outside the United States.

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Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command (SAC) was a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile components of the United States military's strategic nuclear forces from 1946 to 1992.

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Strategic sealift ships

Strategic sealift ships are part of the United States Military Sealift Command's (MSC) prepositioning program.

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Taliban

The Taliban (lit), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is an Afghan militant movement with an ideology comprising elements of Pashtun nationalism and the Deobandi movement of Islamic fundamentalism.

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The Pentagon

The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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United States Air Force Expeditionary Center

The United States Air Force Expeditionary Center is a United States Air Force training center located at Fort Dix, New Jersey which specializes in combat support and global mobility training and education'.

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United States Armed Forces

The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States.

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United States invasion of Afghanistan

Shortly after the September 11 attacks, the United States declared the war on terror and subsequently led a multinational military operation against Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

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United States Space Surveillance Network

The United States Space Surveillance Network (SSN) detects, tracks, catalogs and identifies artificial objects orbiting Earth, e.g. active/inactive satellites, spent rocket bodies, or fragmentation debris.

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World Trade Center (1973–2001)

The original World Trade Center (WTC) was a large complex of seven buildings in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.

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20th Space Surveillance Squadron

The 20th Space Surveillance Squadron (20 SPSS) is a Space Delta 2 unit located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida with the mission to execute multiplatform, tactical space warfighting domain characterization, recognition, and responsiveness to achieve 21st Space Wing and United States Space Command intent.

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21st Space Operations Squadron

The 21st Space Operations Squadron (21 SOPS) is a satellite control unit of the Space Delta 6 of the United States Space Force, located at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia and 21st Space Operations Squadron are military of the British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories.

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36th Wing

The United States Air Force's 36th Wing is the host wing for Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

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515th Air Mobility Operations Wing

The 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing is part of Air Mobility Command stationed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii.

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730th Air Mobility Squadron

The 730th Air Mobility Squadron (730 AMS) is a unit of the 515th Air Mobility Operations Group, based at Yokota AB, Japan and the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, based at Hickam AFB, Hawaii.

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See also

Chagos Archipelago

Military installations of the United States in the United Kingdom

Military of the British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories

Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Sites

Transport in the British Indian Ocean Territory

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Support_Facility_Diego_Garcia

Also known as Chagos Military Base, Diego Garcia AB, Diego Garcia Air Base, Diego Garcia Airport, Diego Garcia Military Base, FJDG, Naval Air Station Diego Garcia.

, Turkey, United States Air Force Expeditionary Center, United States Armed Forces, United States invasion of Afghanistan, United States Space Surveillance Network, World Trade Center (1973–2001), 20th Space Surveillance Squadron, 21st Space Operations Squadron, 36th Wing, 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, 730th Air Mobility Squadron.