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Акротири имеет такое же отношение к Республике Кипр, как Севастополь к Украине. Так более понятно?
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>Они и из Пешавара летали, и что? Это лишь временное базирование в рамках конкретных разведывательных программ, если верить официальной истории этих полетов на сайте ЦРУ.
Это постоянное базирование с 1974 года.
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1986/feb/20/united-states-base-cyprus
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1990/jun/15/raf-akrotiri
Chis Pocock, "Dragon Lady Today":
"In August 1974, The USAF took over the CIA's last U-2 operation here. This had been set up four months earlier in April 1974, to monitor the uneasy truce between Israel and its Arab neighbours following the 1973 war. The Dragon Lady neighbour had been in residence on "Fantasy Island" ever since in an operation that is codenamed Olive Harvest. The 1st ERS flies a variety of missions around the troubled region. The squadron leads a twilight existence, it presence not being officially acknowledged by the British hosts. The UK has sovereign rights over Akrotiri airbase, and is not formally obliged to tell the Cypriot government what goes on there. In April 2014, Olive Harvest celebrated the 40th anniversay on "Fantasy Island" with the slogan "Still Not Here After 40 years".
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Essay: Building a Mediterranean Arc of Stability for America’s Long War
By: Col. Michael W. Pietrucha, USAF
December 1, 2015 11:34 AM
"RAF Akrotiri (Royal Air Force) Despite Britain’s membership in NATO, RAF Akrotiri is not actually a NATO base. Akriotiri is one of two Sovereign Base Areas retained by Britain when Cyprus was granted independence in 1960 and is British Overseas Territory. It was constructed in the 1950s and used in the Suez Crisis. In the 1970s it operated U-2 aircraft and the USAF’s 100th Strategic reconnaissance Wing, while the RAF home-based Lightning interceptors and nuclear-capable Vulcan and Canberra bombers there. RAF Akrotiri remains a FOB for the U-2, but the RAF’s sole permanent squadron is No. 84 Squadron, flying rescue helicopters. The base also is the winter training location for the Red Arrows demonstration team. The facility was used for support aircraft in Odyssey Dawn and has hosted both Typhoon and Tornado fighters. A six-aircraft Tornado detachment with E-3D and tanker support is permanently deployed to the facility in support of Inherent Resolv. The base has a single long runway with several large hardstand areas and two munitions storage facilities. It has hangars suitable for large aircraft but no hardened shelters. RAF Akrotiri is a viable alternative to Incirlik should host government constraints in Turkey prevent use of the facility."
https://news.usni.org/2015/12/01/essay-building-a-mediterranean-arc-of-stability-for-americas-long-war
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