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From: jeffh@oregon.uoregon.edu (Jeff Hite)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Diego Garcia
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Date: 15 Aug 90 03:21:22 GMT
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From: jeffh@oregon.uoregon.edu (Jeff Hite)

>Dan Sullivan <DAN.S.SULLIVAN@OFFICE.WANG.COM> writes:
>  In the last several days I have heard comments like the follwowing:
>"The runways at Diego Garcia have been extended to support larger
>aircraft" and "... B-52 launched from Diego Garcia"
 > I am confused. I thought Diego Garcia was a very small base that was
>used as a listening post.  What exactly is Diego Garcia?

I had the "pleasure" of visiting Diego Garcia in late 1979 while stationed aboard USS Waddell (DDG-24). It was our first landfall in 63 days while
"showing the flag" in the Arabian Sea during the overthrow of the Shah of Iran.