Activities at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A K loader vehicle backs away from the United States Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft. A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft is parked on a flight line in the background. A sailor takes a fuel sample from a hose coupled to the C-141A Starlifter aircraft. He hands the fuel filled jar to an airman. The airman inspects the fuel sample and then hands the jet fuel card to the sailor. Then he signs the card for fuel. A crew chief with a headset stands on the flight line. Construction men work on the cement floor of a new building.
Activities at a beach on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. U.S. and British flags. Vehicles parked in front of a building. Trees in the background. Men sit on a pier and surf on the beach. A merchant ship is anchored in a lagoon. Jeeps and panel trucks drive down a road through woods.
Activities at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A control tower at the air base. The United States Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft on a flight line. Cargo is loaded on the aircraft. Open cargo doors of the aircraft. A tower controller talks into a microphone and fills a data sheet. He watches the takeoff of a U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft in the background.
Activities of U.S. airmen on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A directional sign to Diego International Airport. Construction work in the background. The sign board falls over. The airmen toss a frisbee on the lawn of an old plantation. They walk towards a red roofed house. The airmen tour the abandoned plantation and old buildings. Wild donkeys around the plantation.