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[[Image:DiegoGarcia.png|thumb|Diego Garcia, located in the Indian Ocean.]] | [[Image:DiegoGarcia.png|thumb|Diego Garcia, located in the Indian Ocean.]] | ||
'''Diego Garcia''' is a small tropical island in the Indian Ocean of [[Earth]], about 1,000 miles south of the southern India coast and far east of the "African Horn". It has been a military base since the 1970's. In | '''Diego Garcia''' is a small tropical island in the Indian Ocean of [[Earth]], about 1,000 miles south of the southern India coast and far east of the "African Horn". It has been a military base since the 1970's. In 1941 '''RAF''' (British Royal Air Force) Gan was built near there and was shut down in 1976, to become Gan Internation Airport. In 1965, the Chagos Archipelago (a group of islands which include Diego Garcia) became a [[British]] Indian Ocean Territory and continued to be during the 21st Century. | ||
==Battle of Earth== | ==Battle of Earth== | ||