Joint Maritime Facility, usually referred to as JMF, is located on Royal Air Force Base, St Mawgan, in the county of Cornwall in the south west corner of England. The nearest town is Newquay (New-key), located approximately four miles from the Station. It has a normal (winter) population of 18,000 which swells to approximately 100,000 during the May-September tourist season, peaking to 250,000 in August.
JMF was commissioned 18 August 1995. It is a jointly staffed Integrated Undersea Surveillance System command comprised of approximately 360 U.S. Navy and 80 Royal Navy and Royal Air Force personnel. The command was established via a Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain in June of 1990. The primary role of JMF is to provide a link between United Kingdom and United States maritime forces and their headquarters in the United Kingdom and overseas. The command supports anti-submarine warfare commands and tactical forces by detecting, classifying, tracking, and providing timely reporting information concerning submarines and long term oceanographic undersea geological information
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phone numbers: 011-44-1637-85-3548 or DSN 234-3548
