ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Dec. 23, 2014, CNS – The United States Government is planning to close its 70-year-old naval operations here in a few months’ time, the Antigua Observer reported Tuesday.
Close to 100 people are employed at the Station.
The paper cited a source who said the air station is in the process of shifting some of its operations to Australia, and when this is completed, it’s likely the current station will be deactivated and returned to the Government of Antigua & Barbuda.
The air station, in 2013, said it would be dismantling and relocating its radar system from Antigua to the Harold E Holt Naval Communication Station in northwest, Australia, a move that should be completed by the end of this year.
