FROM THE ALBUM

British pulled out RAF GAN, Addu Atoll 1976.
the biggest influence on Addu's modern history has been the British bases.
RAF News, September 16, 25 1988

Gan Take over Maldivian goverment official Mr Ali manik

Uk ministers with mr alimanik

Final parade and lowering of the standard.

cpt edwards ....

the station commander , Gp Capt W. Edwards, leaving for the last time by Launch accompanied b Sqn Ldr Carr era, OC 1153 MCU And FS Brown Jack

The RAF force embarked on the RFA landing ship sir perciveli

Last VC10 departure, on March 28, 1976

GOODBYE TO GAN

TIME was when the RAF had staging posts in remote exotic places all over the world. Liken Gan,
For instance. A tiny atoll in the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, it was virtually nothing more than a runway with a few associated
Installations .Quarters was basic and even the natives
who worked there used to commute every day from a neighboring island, by canoe. Entertainment was very much a do-it- yourself business and travelers who stopped over on their way to Singapore and elsewhere could tell of some unusual traditions that grew up as a diversion in the absence of a more orthodox hospitality.

These photographs depict the last moments of the
Base there when decreasing commitments in the Far East meant Gan was no longer needed.