it's not a permanent base for their Air Force and Naval fleet, but more akin to Joint Forward Operation Base, for refueling and replenish the logistic for their joint patrol fleets. In case of urgency need the base (in Ranai not only Air Forces Base there is Naval Base there too) can be used as emergency Joint Operation Base. The personnel will be Indonesian, all of them, including the protection and basic security and logistick manning personnel, meanwhile the infrastructure development for much larger facility will be assisted by them to uphold with their standards. That's what they propose to us.
As an Island, Natuna Besar is twice more larger than Singapore, so there is enough supply of freshwater and large enough to basing large number of troops along with their logistics. And their strategical position can be used to monitoring the most critical points in South Chinese Sea before the entrance into Malacca Strait and Java Sea (in which the Java Sea hold two entrance into Lombok Strait and Sunda Strait)
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