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The Australian frigate HMAS Toowoomba makes a port call at Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory. Diego Garcia provides critical logistical infrastructure support to US and Allied Forces forward deployed to the Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf. Photo courtesy of the US Navy.
The dome of a one-meter telescope opens as it prepares to view and track space objects. The telescope is located at the Ground Based Electro-optical Deep Space Surveillance System in Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory. Photo courtesy of US Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brian Ferguson.
The USNS Seay (T-AKR 302), a Military Sealift Command roll-on/roll-off vehicle cargo ship, at anchor in the lagoon at Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory. The photo shows sailors lowering a maritime prepositioning force utility boat from the USNS Seay using a crane during a ship-to-shore logistics training exercise. Photo courtesy of the US Navy/ Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathan Carpenter.
A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber arrives at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory, 12 August 2020. Photo courtesy of the US Air Force/ 1st Lt. Michael Hardy.
US Air Force KC-10A Extender aerial refueling aircraft, left, and C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft are parked on the ramp at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory. The joint UK and US base on Diego Garcia provides logistics support to overseas contingency operations. Photo courtesy of the US Navy/ Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caine Storino.
A crew member from US Navy Patrol Squadron (VP) 45, inspects a sensor on a Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft onboard US Navy Support Facility (NSF) Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory. Photo courtesy of the US Navy/ Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jillian F. Grady.
The New Zealand frigate HMNZS Te Mana (F111) makes a port call at Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory on November 23, 2013. Diego Garcia provides critical logistical infrastructure support to US and Allied Forces forward deployed to the Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf. Photo courtesy of US Navy/ Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alex Smedegard.
The main administration building for US Navy Support Facility (NSF) Diego Garcia. The US and British Indian Ocean Territory flags are flown at half-mast on September 11 to mark an anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the US. NSF Diego Garcia provides logistic, service, recreational, and administrative support to US and Allied Forces forward deployed to the Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf. Photo courtesy of US Navy/ Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Charlotte C. Oliver.
The Chapel in the Palms on Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory, part of the US Naval Support Facility (NSF) community. NSF Diego Garcia provides logistic, service, recreational, and administrative support to US and Allied Forces forward deployed to the Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf. Photo courtesy of the US Navy/Seaman Apprentice Michael Porterfield.
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