[Robert DeLong]

Did they actually give it yo us, or did they just allow us to build a base there? We have bases around the world, but we do not own the land. Two African Countries just booted the US out of bases we had there.

Departure of U.S. troops from Chad and Niger raises regional security concerns

[higgmeister]

No the British were there before us.

Now that you mentioned it again, the Brits had a small detachment of Royal Air Force surveyors looking up at space.   Hush-hush stuff.   Good blokes, but we only swapped a couple of letters after we left the island.