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Old December 20th, 2007, 09:39 PM
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Hints:
1) Not sure if it was used in WW2 but it was used in Vietnam and present day.
2) It's in the middle of the Indian Ocean
3) It's British owned

If no one gets it by tomorrow I'll add 3 more hints.
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Old December 20th, 2007, 10:57 PM
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That would be Diego Garcia.

7 19' 40" S, 72 25' 23" E (you can copy/paste these co-ords into Google Earth)

The only info I could find indicated that the British established a seaplane base there in March of '41 and began basing reconnaiassance aircraft out of there. Another source indicates that in Feb of '42, some defensive 6" guns were installed, but these were never fiered in anger.

The island was evidently recconoitered by the Japanese submarine I-16, but it was never attacked.

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Old December 20th, 2007, 11:17 PM
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Bingo Scarface!

If you look at it you really can't get an enemy naval vessel in there, only one way in and one way out. If you look even closer you can see all of the radar domes (some dishes are underground, you can see the outlines of them) which can monitor everything from Vietnam to the Middle East.
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Well, this looks like fun...So I'll offer up another site.

1) It's sometimes referred to as the "Black Pearl" of the Pacific
2) It's not the end of the earth, but you can see it from here
3) Wind gusts and weather make this spot hard to land a KC135

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Shemya Island

Recognized it since I flew onboard RC-135 (Cobra Ball) aircraft in conjunction with the Cobra Dane/Judy operations.
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Old August 27th, 2008, 02:24 PM
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Roger that. Over to you PzJgr! ( I worked those programs at FTD! Small world, eh?)
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Shemya Island? belongs to who? one of the Cook Islands?

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Old August 27th, 2008, 02:32 PM
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Well here is one y'all should recognize

1. Smack in the middle of the 'Lake'
2. Heavily bombed
3. Common nickname "land of honey"

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a small island in the Semichi Islands southwest of Alaska.

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a small island in the Semichi Islands southwest of Alaska.
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Old August 27th, 2008, 03:19 PM
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Well here is one y'all should recognize

1. Smack in the middle of the 'Lake'
2. Heavily bombed
3. Common nickname "land of honey"
Thanks for the easy one

That would be Malta

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I maybe out of turn, but here is one:

1. Used in both WW1 and WW2

2. "British Bang" was dropped here.

3. Naval base for both axis and allies


Think this one is easy. But...meh enjoy
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Old August 27th, 2008, 04:19 PM
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Jutland.

BTW, You are correct Kruska. Throw one out
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Old August 27th, 2008, 04:21 PM
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I maybe out of turn, but here is one:

1. Used in both WW1 and WW2

2. "British Bang" was dropped here.

3. Naval base for both axis and allies


Think this one is easy. But...meh enjoy
Helgoland

Yes the British tried hard to literally bomb it away after ww2, hoping to sink it, but it survived and is still Germany's most northern landmark in the North-sea. It was actually traded with England in exchange with Sansibar Island(Tansania).

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Dang. What was I thinking. I believe you are correct Kruska
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Old August 27th, 2008, 04:31 PM
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Well, this place used to be full of wonders

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Peenemünde?
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Helgoland

Yes the British tried hard to literally bomb it away after ww2, hoping to sink it, but it survived and is still Germany's most northern landmark in the North-sea. It was actually traded with England in exchange with Sansibar Island(Tansania).

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Correct!!!

At least it wasn't as easy as I thought
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Correct!!!

At least it wasn't as easy as I thought
Off course not, I would like to consider it to having been extremly difficult
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This site was a training area for an early action after Pearl Harbor
Chad was important to this state where the base is located
It remains a major AFB today
(It's where I reported for my EAD medical exam!)

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That would be Eglin AFB in Florida - where Doolittle and the 17th BG trained for the Tokyo raid.

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Old August 28th, 2008, 11:56 AM