Four month tour with the RAF back in '95. Had a great time, the garrison was much bigger then. We had a civilian guy who was a resident working in our section. Erroll was his name, a keen runner and a great guy. I couldn't believe my eyes when watching the marathon during the Commonwealth games from Melbourne and the final runner to enter the stadium was Erroll representing St.Helena, he was quite a distance behind. But the reception he got from the crowd in the stadium was something else, a standing ovation, I was jumping around my Edinburgh living room like a madman. Go Erroll, I'm sure everyone back home were so proud of you.
@@theemperor6413 My career was pretty unremarkable to be honest. Probably the best 12 years of my life though. But I consider myself fortunate to have never been shot at nor fire a shot in anger. My final day in the RAF was the Friday before 9/11, as I sat watching the terrible events unfold I realised that many of my former comrades would soon be heading off to war. So I'll humbly accept your thanks on their behalf.
I kick myself in the ass all the time for going to work, and not joining the service, now I'm pushing 40 and I don't have any cool stories from memories like that. Well done.
Helped build a children's Adventure playground in 2 boats village back in the early 90's when serving in British Army. Enjoyed my months stay on Ascension Island.
I went to school on Ascension Island and was there when the Falklands conflict started. I know that island like the back of my hand.I use to be a keen runner and would run 10 miles everyday. up green mountain or sisters peak or devil's ash pit wherever my legs took me it was such freedom. I use to work out at the military gym at donkey plain and met a lot of good ppl there also work for Fairclough the company that built the base at donkey plain for british military .I was last on the Island in 1994 with Belfour beauty building a radar station out near the airfield. my childhood on the Island was pure freedom just fishing diving and other carefree stuff. I live in New York city now mostly working and trading stocks to pay my huge rent.I watched this video and I realized I am trapped in a rat race and I dream of a a simpler time.How many of you have been to this little rock and miss it......good luck everybody and explore your world.
Thank you Kevin for bringing us this information in your post. Within the past 4 years, I have been following the airport development on St. Helena and will be traveling there for both business and pleasure. I know that it is a little difficult to get visiting permission for access to Ascension for someone like me, who never had any connection there. I would like to make a side trip sometime in the future when I start traveling to St. Helena. How do you suggest I go about doing that?
Nothing like ‘home sweet home’ and pure quality rain water for a nice ‘cuppa’. That aside, this is an excellent doc and very well presented and in many ways setting a far better example than the poor old UK in these trying times. Thanks a million for showing it!
Very good documentary. I did visit this beautiful island in 2008, arriving on the RMS St Helena and leaving the same way. The wind turbines I saw on the video were not yet installed at that time. The beaches are beautiful and green sea turtles lay their eggs there. It brought back wonderful memories.
The best 6 months of my military career way back in 83. I used to run from two boats to Georgetown and hitch a ride back. The most poignant place there is Comfortless Cove.
I was there in '82 when the Falklands kicked off, for three months,loved it ,loved Pan Am bay and green mountain,dampier spring, and painted myrtle the turtle a couple of times, would love to go back,but probably wont
What an engaging and beautifully presented documentary. Back to basics in some ways perhaps and highlighting what we sometimes take for granted as a real treat. Eg a hot shower and a feast in the mess!
Served on Asi twice. In the JRM and Inflight. Loved every minute and would go back tomorrow. Got my BSAC Sports Diver award and a lot of happy memories.
Stop-over here many times, one night saw a turtle digging a pit and laying her eggs (English Bay ?). Favourite stop-over was on way home from Angola UN tour. Had a hot shower, change of kit and three dinners in the mess!!!
Ascension Island was where Cable & Wireless put their earth station for the Nasa Apollo moon-shot programme. There's a documentary from 1967 called 'Apollo in Ascension' about it (narrated by Julian Glover, no less).
Stopped off there for one night in 1990 i think, on a stretched C130 on our way home from a UN tour of Namibia. We all got pissed up in the RAF bar, then were squeezed onto a standard C130 for the flight home the next day, including a refuel at Dakar in Senegal. I recently found out that my ex cub scout leader, Jonny Hobson was the dentist on the island, and long serving resident! I believe he became the first govt minister. Id love to go back and visit this amazing place. Tim
Managed to spend 4 days on Ascencion after getting R&R on my 3rd tour of the Falklands, there used to be a drive in cinema, and most of the money was in dollars since at the time there were a lot of Americans on the Island so dollars were very acceptable, visited Green Mountain and 2 Boat Village, this brought back grate memories of long ago God I feel old.😂
I was there in 1982. It would be interesting to re-visit with my wife. She only knew it from the 'blueys' she got sent and a few 'photos. Back then we got everywhere on the island on foot ( apart from one hair raising lift in a navy land rover from the top of Green Mountain). I'm not sure I could walk it all now.
Felt very Nostalgic watching that . I was there from 99 to the millenium . 6 month tour . Was amazing , why i didnt extend for another 6 months i will never know ?? Personality clash with my SGT was probably the reason . Shame , loved it there :) Love the way she mentioned a couple of things to do there that didnt involve drinking , which is pretty much what we did out there most of the time LOL When we werent snorkelling and playing football that is :)
You can only swim from one beach, just below Green mountain, as the sea undertows will sweep you away very quickly. Two 4 inch guns taken off of HMS Hood during a 1938 refit, were placed just above the town. RAF flights are "dry". There used to be a bar at Ascension airport, until one RPT one berk got drunk and caused nause on the ongoing flight to the Falklands. Just because of him, they stopped all booze sales at Ascension.
Me and my mates swam absolutely everywhere . Including the docks . We used to swim out to the maersk gannet and dive off of that . Drunk sometimes . We were young a fairly stupid though . Great times LOL
It's beautiful, typical traditional English colonial territory, quiet and safe, let's see how it changes once mobile technology is introduced and the rest of the world comes crashing in, I just hope Ascension islanders and their way of life doesn't change too much.
There were never any natives on Ascension island, many of the British territories today are of the same case. Bermuda, Falkland islands, South Georgia, Pitcairn islands. Not every island that was colonized by Europeans or Americans had natives on it. It was rare but not uncommon.
looks an interesting place..didnt think it was that developed.was it not an old whaling outpost.and a stop off point in the falklands conflict..i would love to see it.
Was there in '92 with USAF. The costal guns shown are from a refit of the HMS Hood. Hung out with the Royal Marine Detachment on the weekends at the Volcano Club and their compound. I had access to a van so we were best friends. Those blokes can go crazy when alcohol is applied.......
I've cycled down from the top of Green Mountain to the sea. It only rained during the night, but was sunny and very very hot (40C +) everyday. Sea full of sharks. People very very nice. Everyone waves. Home to the worst golf course in the world.
@@WALTERBROADDUS totally agree that it could get boring, but to my point of being stationed; I would have loved getting stationed here and not Kuwait, Saudi Arabia Bahrain or Jebel Ali, which, I did not enjoy my time at any of those places. 55 Celsius is not fun in Kevlar.
@@WALTERBROADDUS My family and I are from there. Paradise. Until our pets were slaughtered by the Brits and Americans, our houses were destroyed and we all got exiled from the islands to make way for the military base that we had no say in. Given how easily Ascension got off I could see why it would be a paradise. Kind of.
Last popped here in 1987 on HMS Diomede. Fascinated by the pirahnas (or whatever) when i raw chicken leg disappeared in seconds. We only got ashore for a few hours for a beer or three
They weren't piranas LOL Black fish everyone called them but not sure what their actual name was. They certianly had a set of teeth on them though but they'd not attack anything alive . But if they did no one would be swimming there . There was thousands of them and they'd finish you in seconds LOL
All Royal Navy shore establishments are known as stone wall frigates, naval ratings who spend too much time in them are known as barrack stations. Spent a lot of time based in Rosyth in the 80s & 90s happy days
Good video, but Ascension Island has had its own cinema for decades, so I don't get where the reporter got the idea from that it would only now be getting its first.
Rule Britannia. God Save The Queen. Long live Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Commonwealth and Her overseas dependencies, dominions, protectorates and territories.
Very informative docu about Ascension island. Love to visit there one day. Is there a pub and a fish n chip shop there? That would make it then just about perfect!
Staging post for us in 1982 prior to recovering the Falklands, the next journey only cost us lives, pity you didnt mention the V bomber force that attacked the Falkland from there 1982
During the Cold War, Ascension Island would have been a major target for the Soviet Union because of the large US military presence there (and is still there now).
@@WALTERBROADDUS I think it would be one of the first targets hit by a Soviet nuclear missile. Reason: Ascension had runways long and big enough to handle even B-52's by the late 1970's, and it would have been a major staging point for ASW planes looking for Soviet submarines in the Atlantic.
@@Daniel-S1 It still would have been a major target if only for the fact it was a major British military air base and the fact it could have staged P-3 Orions to look for Soviet submarines operating in the mid-Atlantic.
British didn't "have" an empire to start with, it stole the sovereignty and independence of other peoples with fraud, deceit, bribes, dividing and conquer tacticsand European viruses and now has the audacity to demand the benefits of EU membership with none of the costs. Read The road to Wigan pier by George Orwell
By their faces it looks like the soldiers were deployed to the island as punishment by their behaviour at the homeland pub and they were forgoten there for years!
This is nothing. I've been to South Georgia in 1992. Went on a sub and took a dinghy ashore! Been to Ascension as well ......i know which was the warmer!
Nice but I still prefer St Helena out off all the islands, Heres a point are the volcanos dormant or extinct, if extinct wonder how long before itd eroded away.
@@philyew3617 The problem is that they think it is extinct, but the location where it is sitting says different, right on the Atlantic ridge, it has just been quiet for a very long time
Massive salute from Gibraltar.
Four month tour with the RAF back in '95. Had a great time, the garrison was much bigger then. We had a civilian guy who was a resident working in our section. Erroll was his name, a keen runner and a great guy. I couldn't believe my eyes when watching the marathon during the Commonwealth games from Melbourne and the final runner to enter the stadium was Erroll representing St.Helena, he was quite a distance behind. But the reception he got from the crowd in the stadium was something else, a standing ovation, I was jumping around my Edinburgh living room like a madman. Go Erroll, I'm sure everyone back home were so proud of you.
Thank you for your service
Erroll Duncan. There are photos of him online. Awesome story
@@theemperor6413 My career was pretty unremarkable to be honest. Probably the best 12 years of my life though. But I consider myself fortunate to have never been shot at nor fire a shot in anger. My final day in the RAF was the Friday before 9/11, as I sat watching the terrible events unfold I realised that many of my former comrades would soon be heading off to war. So I'll humbly accept your thanks on their behalf.
@@travelnewengland1027 Thanks, I'll have a look.
I kick myself in the ass all the time for going to work, and not joining the service, now I'm pushing 40 and I don't have any cool stories from memories like that.
Well done.
Helped build a children's Adventure playground in 2 boats village back in the early 90's when serving in British Army. Enjoyed my months stay on Ascension Island.
I went to school on Ascension Island and was there when the Falklands conflict started. I know that island like the back of my hand.I use to be a keen runner and would run 10 miles everyday. up green mountain or sisters peak or devil's ash pit wherever my legs took me it was such freedom. I use to work out at the military gym at donkey plain and met a lot of good ppl there also work for Fairclough the company that built the base at donkey plain for british military .I was last on the Island in 1994 with Belfour beauty building a radar station out near the airfield. my childhood on the Island was pure freedom just fishing diving and other carefree stuff. I live in New York city now mostly working and trading stocks to pay my huge rent.I watched this video and I realized I am trapped in a rat race and I dream of a a simpler time.How many of you have been to this little rock and miss it......good luck everybody and explore your world.
sounds like youve lived both lives, polar opposites. The quietest possible and the busiest, both sound like great lifestyles to me.
Wow interesting, I would love visit, it looks amazing, a unique territory in the world
Neat! Good luck to you! Hope you've kep the fitness of your younger days.
Thank you Kevin for bringing us this information in your post. Within the past 4 years, I have been following the airport development on St. Helena and will be traveling there for both business and pleasure. I know that it is a little difficult to get visiting permission for access to Ascension for someone like me, who never had any connection there. I would like to make a side trip sometime in the future when I start traveling to St. Helena. How do you suggest I go about doing that?
Sorry about my mistake on your name Gavin, instead of Kevin. I blame the voice recognition in my phone for that.
God bless all of our overseas territories. Ascension Islands 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Yes. All of them invaded and stolen.💩🇬🇧💩
Rule Britannia
They are not yours,
@shanecarroll5376 Yes they. The remaining British overseas territories want to remain under UK protection. Get over it.
The British brought their weather.
We wanted to feel at home
Nothing like ‘home sweet home’ and pure quality rain water for a nice ‘cuppa’. That aside, this is an excellent doc and very well presented and in many ways setting a far better example than the poor old UK in these trying times. Thanks a million for showing it!
Lol
Superb. My father is from that other Great British overseas territory. Saint Helena, a place I would love to visit.
Very good documentary. I did visit this beautiful island in 2008, arriving on the RMS St Helena and leaving the same way. The wind turbines I saw on the video were not yet installed at that time. The beaches are beautiful and green sea turtles lay their eggs there. It brought back wonderful memories.
The best 6 months of my military career way back in 83. I used to run from two boats to Georgetown and hitch a ride back. The most poignant place there is Comfortless Cove.
I was there in '82 when the Falklands kicked off, for three months,loved it ,loved Pan Am bay and green mountain,dampier spring, and painted myrtle the turtle a couple of times, would love to go back,but probably wont
What an engaging and beautifully presented documentary. Back to basics in some ways perhaps and highlighting what we sometimes take for granted as a real treat. Eg a hot shower and a feast in the mess!
They truly need garden farming (which used to exist), perhaps hydroponics, and a dairy.
One of my favorite places to be. The people are awesome there. Great hiking and diving.
What's the dive situation? Is it all shore diving or can you get a boat? Are there facilities for filling tanks?
Served on Asi twice. In the JRM and Inflight. Loved every minute and would go back tomorrow. Got my BSAC Sports Diver award and a lot of happy memories.
Six month tour in ‘87 with the RAF. Fantastic place I had the privilege to be there.
Spent 6 months in Ascension during my time in the RAF.
When? I was there from February to September 1983 as an RAF MTD. Happy days indeed, same time zone as the UK.
Stop-over here many times, one night saw a turtle digging a pit and laying her eggs (English Bay ?). Favourite stop-over was on way home from Angola UN tour. Had a hot shower, change of kit and three dinners in the mess!!!
You know you've toured one of the armpits of the world when you're bragging about a hot shower and a hot meal on a remote military base.
Seems like heaven to me.
Me too mate!
For a single girl maybe? 1 female per 200 men.
@@melvyncox3361 Try getting a date with the handful of females....😏
@@WALTERBROADDUS Yeah,mate..Could be a problem🤔
Yeah, but how do we get rid of all the Brits?
:-P
My left ear found this fascinating. And my right ear very much enjoyed God Save the Queen.
ur right ear likes kock? figures...
Ascension Island was where Cable & Wireless put their earth station for the Nasa Apollo moon-shot programme. There's a documentary from 1967 called 'Apollo in Ascension' about it (narrated by Julian Glover, no less).
Stopped off there for one night in 1990 i think, on a stretched C130 on our way home from a UN tour of Namibia. We all got pissed up in the RAF bar, then were squeezed onto a standard C130 for the flight home the next day, including a refuel at Dakar in Senegal. I recently found out that my ex cub scout leader, Jonny Hobson was the dentist on the island, and long serving resident! I believe he became the first govt minister. Id love to go back and visit this amazing place. Tim
Very good info, many thanks for sharing it. It is an Amazing place to see!
Great surf & rock fishing best posting ever.
Is the sound guy of this production van Gough?
Jens8502: ha ha, I think most of the audience will be too uncultured to get this joke
Mate, I find your comment pretty one-sided.
Thought I’d gone deaf
Pardon?
Little known fact: all inhabitants of Ascension are deaf in the right ear.
truly thought my headphones broke
Actually i dont hear it in the left ear. Guess it´s like the left right driving thing
Haha 😂. Me too!
Pardon?
Spot on mate , I love the British humor 🏴❤🇬🇧
Excellent video, thoroughly absorbing.
I stopped here, not on the land, on my way back to Blighty via St Helena on a Castle line ship
Thank you. Great little documentary. Informative and engaging. 👌
Managed to spend 4 days on Ascencion after getting R&R on my 3rd tour of the Falklands, there used to be a drive in cinema, and most of the money was in dollars since at the time there were a lot of Americans on the Island so dollars were very acceptable, visited Green Mountain and 2 Boat Village, this brought back grate memories of long ago God I feel old.😂
Ha! Was up the loft the other day, checking a mousetrap, just as I was making my way back to the hatch, I found my Dew Pond run medal 🏅👍🏼
The islanders would make good candidates for colonising Mars when the human race gets around to it.
😂😂😂😂😂
Probably not because their gene pools is somewhat limited - too much intermarriages
I wish the British came to my little country 🏴❤🇬🇧
Britain is a positive force in this planet earth 👍
They did the complete opposite to my country.
I am from 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸US Wisconsin , but I'm mostly 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪german
@@OKA4LIVE Just wish we were more positive a few hundred years ago
Lol. Tell that to Iraq, Afghanistan and soon to be Iran.
@@OKA4LIVE what a twonk 🤪
I was there in 1982. It would be interesting to re-visit with my wife. She only knew it from the 'blueys' she got sent and a few 'photos. Back then we got everywhere on the island on foot ( apart from one hair raising lift in a navy land rover from the top of Green Mountain). I'm not sure I could walk it all now.
I've visited several times with the navy and I'd love to go back for an extended visit with a possible visit to St Helena
Looks ace for making Downhill trails. 🤟
Felt very Nostalgic watching that . I was there from 99 to the millenium . 6 month tour . Was amazing , why i didnt extend for another 6 months i will never know ?? Personality clash with my SGT was probably the reason . Shame , loved it there :) Love the way she mentioned a couple of things to do there that didnt involve drinking , which is pretty much what we did out there most of the time LOL When we werent snorkelling and playing football that is :)
You can only swim from one beach, just below Green mountain, as the sea undertows will sweep you away very quickly. Two 4 inch guns taken off of HMS Hood during a 1938 refit, were placed just above the town. RAF flights are "dry". There used to be a bar at Ascension airport, until one RPT one berk got drunk and caused nause on the ongoing flight to the Falklands. Just because of him, they stopped all booze sales at Ascension.
2 beach's, English Bay and Comfortless Cove.
Me and my mates swam absolutely everywhere . Including the docks . We used to swim out to the maersk gannet and dive off of that . Drunk sometimes . We were young a fairly stupid though . Great times LOL
@@jester5ify Just had a quick Google of Comfortless Cove, it looks wonderful!
Vulcan Pilot Martin Withers DFC described his first impression saying something like it looked like 'a giant slag heap'.
Nowt wrong wi' slagheaps if yer from Yorkshire!
Where there's muck there's brass!
@4:26 Mentions WW2 , shows circa 1966 photo of C-130 Hercules on Ascension
Great video, but I want to know why this video was posted 2 years ago and we’re all showing up now
😂
Very nice look at an interesting place
My left ear couldn't get enough.
It's beautiful, typical traditional English colonial territory, quiet and safe, let's see how it changes once mobile technology is introduced and the rest of the world comes crashing in, I just hope Ascension islanders and their way of life doesn't change too much.
There were never any natives on Ascension island, many of the British territories today are of the same case. Bermuda, Falkland islands, South Georgia, Pitcairn islands. Not every island that was colonized by Europeans or Americans had natives on it. It was rare but not uncommon.
There are rules to entry to Ascension Island, so the rest of the world can’t crash in without abiding by the rules of the land.
You can always just put down your phone, I think it'd just make things more convient
Very interesting!
looks an interesting place..didnt think it was that developed.was it not an old whaling outpost.and a stop off point in the falklands conflict..i would love to see it.
Was there in '92 with USAF. The costal guns shown are from a refit of the HMS Hood. Hung out with the Royal Marine Detachment on the weekends at the Volcano Club and their compound. I had access to a van so we were best friends. Those blokes can go crazy when alcohol is applied.......
that guy moved from St Helena because it was too hectic :)
I've cycled down from the top of Green Mountain to the sea. It only rained during the night, but was sunny and very very hot (40C +) everyday. Sea full of sharks. People very very nice. Everyone waves. Home to the worst golf course in the world.
Nice place !
Good stuff.
Very interesting
Be a nice place to get stationed....alas, I'm a Yank. It was a great presentation, thank you.
This is not Fantasy Island. And the Admiral is not Ricardo Montauban.
there is still a US tracking station on the island, although it is on an RAF Base
@@SantomPh Diego Garcia has the same role in the Indian Ocean.
@@WALTERBROADDUS totally agree that it could get boring, but to my point of being stationed; I would have loved getting stationed here and not Kuwait, Saudi Arabia Bahrain or Jebel Ali, which, I did not enjoy my time at any of those places. 55 Celsius is not fun in Kevlar.
@@WALTERBROADDUS My family and I are from there. Paradise. Until our pets were slaughtered by the Brits and Americans, our houses were destroyed and we all got exiled from the islands to make way for the military base that we had no say in. Given how easily Ascension got off I could see why it would be a paradise. Kind of.
Spent six months there back in 86/87..
and...?
Keeping Britain safe against penguin attack.
i need to sail ther one of these years.... before I'm dead
I want to live there!
Bermuda is better.
The British could send all the illegal immigrants there with the Home Secretary and the Prime minister sunak
Missing most of the audio.
Love it Rule Britannia 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Look how happy she is that this rock "fires the flag for Britain, this is British sovereign territory" :))
Another piece of the Brits rock collection
I was there in 82, 84 and 87…..lush
That flight looks big but has barely anyone on it that is my kind of flight
Major aerial staging post during falklands war glossed over. Otherwise fab job.
@5:05 mentions Falklands campaign
Having never been a fan of sports when in the Army I made it my ambition to do the Dew Drop Run, and did it in 1998
its a radio relay transmitter site
Would love to go back for a few days before I die.
Fabulous! - Rule Britannia.
Last popped here in 1987 on HMS Diomede. Fascinated by the pirahnas (or whatever) when i raw chicken leg disappeared in seconds. We only got ashore for a few hours for a beer or three
So you can't swim here?
They weren't piranas LOL Black fish everyone called them but not sure what their actual name was. They certianly had a set of teeth on them though but they'd not attack anything alive . But if they did no one would be swimming there . There was thousands of them and they'd finish you in seconds LOL
@@bexcpfc You can although there's been a few shark attacks there recently . Which had never happened there before i dont beleive
The navy's only stone frigate ?
I thought that slang term applied to all such shore establishments ?
Such as HMS Caledonia at Rosyth, Scotland.
In 1815 it was the only one
What was/is Bermuda if not the same?
@@Damo2690 Thanks, she didn't make that clear in the narrative.
All Royal Navy shore establishments are known as stone wall frigates, naval ratings who spend too much time in them are known as barrack stations. Spent a lot of time based in Rosyth in the 80s & 90s happy days
@@stephennelmes2537 I've never heard WALL used.
The volcanic land on ascension reminds me of mount tede in Tenerife. I’d like to visit it but I don’t think it’s aimed at tourism.
No mobile phones - that would be wonderful!
My left ear heard most of this 😕
Seriously, who did the sound engineering on this vid?
If you see two fish fighting in a stream, you need to know that a long-legged Englishman has just passed by.
A Native American proverb
If that button on her coat comes off it could take some buggers eye out.
Is it still referred to as HMS Ascension?
Good video, but Ascension Island has had its own cinema for decades, so I don't get where the reporter got the idea from that it would only now be getting its first.
Yes, the open air cinema at the Volcano Club
You cannot go to ascension without permission from the mod. So if u want to go then tough unless u have a good reason.
Wow
Stopped here en-route to Falklands - interesting stop!
Rule Britannia.
God Save The Queen.
Long live Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Commonwealth and Her overseas dependencies, dominions, protectorates and territories.
Very informative docu about Ascension island. Love to visit there one day. Is there a pub and a fish n chip shop there? That would make it then just about perfect!
Fishing is a big part of the local economy. So I would imagine there is a fish and chip shop somewhere on the island.
Staging post for us in 1982 prior to recovering the Falklands, the next journey only cost us lives, pity you didnt mention the V bomber force that attacked the Falkland from there 1982
During the Cold War, Ascension Island would have been a major target for the Soviet Union because of the large US military presence there (and is still there now).
It's important. Nuke worthy? Iffy. The fact anti submarine and tankers use it would make it a onto the target wishlist.
@@WALTERBROADDUS I think it would be one of the first targets hit by a Soviet nuclear missile. Reason: Ascension had runways long and big enough to handle even B-52's by the late 1970's, and it would have been a major staging point for ASW planes looking for Soviet submarines in the Atlantic.
ASI is a long way from everywhere and an unlikely Soviet target because the runway was for NASA and the tracking station for the Nike-Zeus programme.
@@Daniel-S1 It still would have been a major target if only for the fact it was a major British military air base and the fact it could have staged P-3 Orions to look for Soviet submarines operating in the mid-Atlantic.
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More remote than Pitcairn Island ??
Am I the only one that every time the presenter came on muttered "phwoar" under my breath?
yes
All empires fall apart don't stress it boys, at least Britain had an empire to start with..
British didn't "have" an empire to start with, it stole the sovereignty and independence of other peoples with fraud, deceit, bribes, dividing and conquer tacticsand European viruses and now has the audacity to demand the benefits of EU membership with none of the costs. Read The road to Wigan pier by George Orwell
@@tc9634 What? I wasn't commenting on the morality of empires and why are you putting 'have' in quotation marks?
Tim Collins Get over yourself.
@@tc9634 Road to wigan pier is about workers conditions in the UK between the world wars, it doesn't have anything to do with this.
@@tc9634 Britain is not demanding anything from the EU it has always been a net contributor. The EU is demanding a divorce payment from the UK.
The key is to get away very quickly from the volcano on a big plane or a huge and quick cruise ship.
By their faces it looks like the soldiers were deployed to the island as punishment by their behaviour at the homeland pub and they were forgoten there for years!
Squadron Leader Martin Withers DFC RAF, Falklands Vulcan pilot, said it looked like a giant slag heap.
Takes one to know one?
He must be a northerner to know what a slag heap looks like.
What is grown there?
G B is great
What's a matter with the sound? On-Off_loud_soft and most times none.
@Andrew Curtis No probes here either!
ChinaAl no problems for me either.
I thought it would be about Bermuda.
I spent 14 years here! Want a history education? This is the place!!!!
Listening to this with earbuds is aweful
Awful*
The death of an Island and it's people, when the mobile phone arrives.😣
Yeah .. That's in the far south Atlantic... Some outpost
This is nothing. I've been to South Georgia in 1992. Went on a sub and took a dinghy ashore! Been to Ascension as well ......i know which was the warmer!
Pitcairn is in the Pacific . Seen v good vid about it on UTube
200 years and they are still guarding Napoleon? Do you think someone should tell them he is dead?
Is he ??? 😏
Nice but I still prefer St Helena out off all the islands, Heres a point are the volcanos dormant or extinct, if extinct wonder how long before itd eroded away.
@@philyew3617 The problem is that they think it is extinct, but the location where it is sitting says different, right on the Atlantic ridge, it has just been quiet for a very long time