During World War II, Horn Island in the Torres Strait was among ... The RAAF Advanced Operational Base was the only military installation in Queensland to be regularly targeted by the Japanese ...

Horn Island is an ideal location for a forward military base. “Historically, Horn Island was a key military outpost, with two runways, ammunition storage and defensive installations,” he said.

Thousands of Americans are stationed at Camp Lemonnier in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti ... which is the only permanent U.S. military base in all of Africa and as she reports, it's ...

One of Australia's most important but little known defence bases is marking ... more than 150 military personnel lost their lives defending Horn Island and the surrounding area, and more than ...