Smaller airports handle domestic, charter or private services only, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands, Defence High Frequency Communications Service, "45th Mission Support Group – Fact Sheet", "Brigadier Nick Sawyer, new Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands", "RAF Flights Fly with the RAF and meet the RMS en route", "Incident: Delta B772 over Atlantic on Jan 9th 2013, engine trouble", "Defence High Frequency Communications Service", "Ascension: The increasingly unreachable island", "South Atlantic Airbridge ops at Ascension Island suspended", "Runway potholes halt regular Ascension Island flights", "(HLE Departures) Saint Helena Airport Departures". [30] As the local newspaper The Islander reported at the time,[31][32] it is an issue that was disputed by some former Council members and some of the long-time expatriate employees. Until 2002, tourism was virtually non-existent because of the inaccessibility of the island to transport, the absence of guest accommodation and the need for a sponsor. The FOREIGN COMMANDS entrusted to Thus, in 1503 when the Portuguese navigator Afonso de Albuquerque sighted the island on Ascension Day, in the church calendar, he named it after the feast day. The Royal Navy used the island as a victualling station for ships, particularly those of the West Africa Squadron working against the slave trade.

The island, which is now part of the RAF's airbridge to the Falkland Islands, was first garrisoned in 1815. take possession of the island. bridleway led directly from the cottage to the mountain road. [3] A joint Government Communications Headquarters and National Security Agency signals intercept station was also established on Ascension during the Cold War. The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British

source discovered for the many deaths was garrison, -and Major Campbell was In 1982, the island played a most determining role in the British military operations, especially during the conflict surrounding the Falklands. [10], The RAF airfield on Ascension Island is run on a day-to-day basis by around 19 RAF personnel, headed by a wing commander. Only after Mrs Thatcher intervened with Ronald Reagan did the Americans reluctantly concede." Nicolls, who played a distinguished part

Ascension Island Historical Bates.