Royal Air Force Akrotiri, commonly abbreviated RAF Akrotiri (IATA: AKT, ICAO: LCRA) (Greek: Βασιλική Πολεμική Αεροπορία Ακρωτηρίου; Turkish: Kraliyet...
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as this guaranteed the use of UK military bases on Cyprus, including RAF Akrotiri, and a garrison of the British Army. The importance of the bases to the...
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Royal Air Force (redirect from Air Force of Akrotiri and Dhekelia)
RAF Eastleigh. The Suez Crisis in 1956 saw a large RAF role, with aircraft operating from RAF Akrotiri and RAF Nicosia on Cyprus and RAF Luqa and RAF...
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The sabotage at RAF Akrotiri was an EOKA sabotage operation executed by EOKA members in the district of Limassol inside the RAF Akrotiri base between November...
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Cyprus: Andreas Papandreou AFB Evangelos Florakis Naval Base Camp Castle RAF Akrotiri Dhekelia Cantonment "Cyprus Air Force - Andreas Papandreou Air Base"...
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south Akrotiri Peninsula (Cyprus), a peninsula bounded by Akrotiri Bay and Episkopi Bay RAF Akrotiri, a British Royal Air Force base Akrotiri, Crete...
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in May 1946. No. 1563 (Helicopter) Flight RAF was formed at RAF Akrotiri from elements of No. 103 Squadron RAF (103 Sqn) in 1963, flying Bristol Sycamore...
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on 9 August, with two Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft, flying from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, airdropping bundles of aid into Mount Sinjar. A second airdrop...
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Panavia Tornado (redirect from RAF Tornado GR4)
at RAF Akrotiri returned to RAF Marham in early February 2019, their duties assumed by six Typhoons. Between September 2014 and January 2019, RAF Tornados...
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Mary's Hospital, RAF Akrotiri, (often abbreviated to TPMH), was a military hospital located on the Royal Air Force base at Akrotiri on the island of Cyprus...
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