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British Forces Cyprus retains the right to use 13 retained sites with the remaining 27 having been returned to Cyprus after the Ministry of Defence no longer required them. The most recent sites to be returned were the Berengaria Married Quarters in 2011, because they had become obsolete and the firing range on the Akamas peninsula in 1999-2001.
The territory is administered by an Administrator, who is also the Commander of British Forces Cyprus, which as of September 2022 is Air Vice-Marshal Peter J. M. Squires. [28] The Administrator is officially appointed by the British monarch on the advice of the Ministry of Defence. The Administrator has all the executive and legislative ...
Between April 1983 and September 1984, RAF Boeing Chinook helicopters deployed to Akrotiri in support of British United Nations forces in Lebanon . [ 14 ] In the mid-1980s, the US launched retaliatory attacks against Libya after the country's leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi , was implicated in the bombing of a West Berlin discotheque .
Dhekelia is home to several archaeological sites, which are actively protected through collaboration between British Forces Cyprus and the Republic of Cyprus Department of Antiquities. [3] Recent surveys have rediscovered numerous ancient sites, including quarries and tombs, from various historical periods.
The Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus) (JSSU(Cyp)), formerly 9th Signal Regiment and the Royal Air Force's 33 Signals Unit, is based at Ayios Nikolaos. This unit is a British Armed Forces run electronic intelligence gathering station. [1] The current superior body to JSSU (Cyp) appears to be the Joint Service Signal Organisation. [2]
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HM Revenue & Customs SBA Customs vehicle. Sovereign Base Areas Customs and Immigration is a semi-autonomous branch of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) of the United Kingdom. It has jurisdiction over Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus, administered as a Sovereign Base Area, and home to British Forces Cyprus.
Military bases on the island of Cyprus: Andreas Papandreou AFB [1] Evangelos Florakis Naval Base [2] Camp Castle [3] RAF Akrotiri [4] Dhekelia Cantonment [5] References
