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The RAF reportedly assisted Israel during the April 2024 Iranian strikes on Israeli territory from jets that had taken of from RAF Akrotiri and were flying over Iraq. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] During 2024, protesters demonstrated outside the base against the UK and US' use of the base to support Israel in its military actions in Gaza and Lebanon.
No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing Royal Air Force (903 EAW) is an Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) of the Royal Air Force (RAF). It is currently based at RAF Akrotiri within the Sovereign Base Area on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, and is tasked with conducting operations against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria.
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The helicopter had been detailed to fly a medical flight at night picking up a pregnant patient from Dhekalia and transferring her to The Princess Mary Hospital, RAF Akrotiri. Three RAF personnel were killed including a Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service nurse. The pilot survived, but neither the bodies or the airframe have been ...
British Forces Cyprus (BFC) is the name given to the British Armed Forces stationed in the UK Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on the island of Cyprus and at a number of related 'retained sites' in the Republic of Cyprus.
Operation Newcombe was the code name for two separate and concurrent RAF non-combat military operations in Mali. One operation involved logistical and airlift support for the French-led Operation Barkhane (previously Operation Serval ), whilst the other encompassed peacekeeping in support of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated ...
It is part of the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory established in 1960. [1] [2] History.
RAF Akrotiri [4] Dhekelia Cantonment [5] References This page was last edited on 29 September 2024, at 08:19 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...