Diego Garcia is the southernmost island in the archipelago. It began to be used as a military station in the seventies, but its importance skyrocketed after the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979.

The base at Diego Garcia enables the U.S. to conduct operations in support of regional stability and provide rapid crisis response, the U.S. Seventh Fleet said.

Britain forcibly expelled Diego Garcia’s 2,000 indigenous people—the Chagossians—to build the military base in exchange for a $14 million discount on the UK purchase of US Polaris nuclear ...

The Pentagon has sent at least six B-2 bombers – 30% of the US Air Force’s stealth bomber fleet – to the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, in what analysts have called a message to Iran ...

Open-source military watchers on social media noted the arrival of three C-17s and eleven KC-135s at the island’s air base, while at least five B-2s were also spotted arriving. It would be the ...

UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego Garcia airbase By Alistair Smout, Michael Holden and Villen Anganan October 3, 202412:11 PM PDTUpdated October 3, 2024 ...

The Pentagon has sent at least six B-2 bombers – 30% of the US Air Force’s stealth bomber fleet – to the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, in what analysts have called a message to Iran ...