page_title: RAF Akrotiri
section_title: Based units
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Akrotiri / Based units
caption_attribution_description: English: 'Terminal 1' at RAF Akrotiri. Naval reservists in the foreground.
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Akrotiri or more simply RAF Akrotiri is a large Royal Air Force station, on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. It is located in the Western Sovereign Base Area, one of two areas which comprise Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory, administered as a Sovereign Base Area.
  The station commander has a dual role and is also the officer commanding the Akrotiri or Western Sovereign Base Area, reporting to the commander of British Forces Cyprus who is also the Administrator.
context_section_description: Units based at RAF Akrotiri.
caption: The passenger terminal at RAF Akrotiri
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