File:RAF Akrotiri opens newly-renovated runway MOD 45164028.jpg

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English: RAF Akrotiri, Britain’s main air base for operations against Daesh, is now better equipped than ever to combat threats to national security, after the official opening of its newly renovated runway.

The success of the 21 month, £46m project has now secured RAF Akrotiri, on the southern tip of Britain’s Sovereign Base Area on the island of Cyprus, as a first class operating base.

The investment means that the base will continue to support the full complement of current and future RAF aircraft, and those of our coalition partners.

The work however did not hinder Britain’s campaign to defeat Daesh, with the RAF playing a leading role in the Coalition, striking over 1200 Daesh positions since the campaign began in 2014. Engineers completed the work around the intense pace of air operations, with the RAF working at the highest operational tempo in a quarter of a century.

  • Organization: MOD
  • Object Name: AKR-OFFICIAL-20161004-0940-003
  • Supplemental Categories: Typhoon, Offensive, Aircraft, Equipment, Reconstruction, Operations, People
  • Keywords: Multi-Role, FGR4, Combat, Aircraft, Military Wheel Loader, Engineering & Logistics Vehicles, Vehicle, Equipment, Army, Typhoon, Hard hat, Digger, JCB, Builders, Construction, Air Base, British Forces Cyprus, BFC, Resurfacing, Akrotiri, Runway, Royal Air Force, Military, Cyprus, RAF, Take Off
  • Country: Cyprus
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Author Sgt Andy Benson
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