This list will examine the largest flying Royal Air Force bases by size and consider their strategic roles. This means that RAF Spadeadam is excluded as it is a non-flying station. At some 9,600 acres ...

British Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning combat aircraft flew to the Royal Air Force (RAF) base on Cyprus on 21 May for the type’s first overseas deployment in UK service. The contingent of six F-35Bs ...

The Joint Aviation Command (JAC) has officially welcomed the Jupiter HC2 into service, marking a significant milestone in modernising the UK’s rotary wing capability. The first Jupiter HC2 has begun f ...

After 54 years of continuous service, the RAF’s Puma fleet is set to retire today, ending a remarkably active career. On Mar. 26 and 27, 2025, the RAF Puma HC2 carried out its final flights as a part ...

On 6 February, two Puma HC2s departed from RAF Benson in England to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to begin a long-term detachment. (Crown Copyright) The UK Royal Air Force ...

AKROTIRI, Cyprus Jan 14 (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian activists protested at the gates of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on Sunday, angry that the British base was used as a launch pad for strikes against the ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Two boatloads of migrants came ashore at a British military base on Cyprus on Wednesday, authorities said, the first time since Europe's migrant crisis began that refugees have ...

Presented by Declassified editor Phil Miller and directed by the outlet’s video editor and filmmaker Alex Morris, ‘Britain’s ...

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has performed a series of farewell flights with its last Puma HC2 transport helicopters, as the veteran type bows out after almost 54 years of service. Conducted on 26 ...

Britain today claims three percent of Cyprus as its sovereign territory, and it is from this land that it launches flights to spy on Gaza. We spoke with Nuvpreet Kalra, who coordinates a campaign ...