RAF Nicosia
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| Royal Air Force Station Nicosia | |
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| Active | 1930s - 1966 |
| Country | UN controlled buffer zone, Cyprus |
| Allegiance |  UK: British Armed Forces |
| Branch | Royal Air Force |
| Type | Flying station |
| Role | Forward Operating Base |
| Part of | UK: British Armed Forces, British Forces Cyprus |
| Based | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Nickname | "Nic" |
| Motto | In Quadrivio Paratus |
| Royal Air Force Ensign |  |
| March | Royal Air Force March Past |
| RAF Nicosia | |||
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| IATA: NIC.OLD – ICAO: none | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military (and formerly: joint Military & Civil) | ||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||
| Operator | formerly: Royal Air Force, now: United Nations | ||
| Serves | Nicosia | ||
| Location | Lefkosia, Cyprus | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| asphalt | |||
| asphalt | |||
The former Royal Air Force Station Nicosia, commonly known as RAF Nicosia, was a Royal Air Force airbase in Cyprus. RAF Nicosia was Headquarters Royal Air Force Cyprus from 8 June to 29 July 1941
Originally, it was the main princpal airport for Cyprus, being constructed in the 1930s as RAF Nicosia, and supported both civil and military aviation on the island. The RAF disestablished the station in 1966.
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[edit] RAF Nicosia squadrons and aircraft
- No. 6 Squadron RAF - operating Spitfire (Oct. 1946); de Havilland Venom (from Aug. 1955)???
- No. 8 Squadron RAF - operating Auster AOP6 (from Jul. 1950); Vampire (from Jul. 1953)
- No. 29 Squadron RAF - operating Gloster Javelin (from Mar. 1963)
- No. 32 Squadron RAF - operating English Electric Canberra B2
- No. 33 Squadron RAF - operating Gloster Javelin FAW7
- No. 39 Squadron RAF - operating Gloster Meteor NF13
- No. 43 Squadron RAF - operating Hawker Hunter FGA 9 (from Jun. 1961)
- No. 70 Squadron RAF - operating Vickers Valetta C1
- No. 73 Squadron RAF - operating de Havilland Venom FB4
- No. 74 Squadron RAF - operating Spitfire V, later Mk IX (from Sep. 1943)
- No. 80 Squadron RAF - operating Hurricane MkI (from Jun. 1941)
- No. 84 Squadron RAF - operating Vickers Valetta C1
- No. 103 Squadron RAF - operating Bristol Sycamore HC1
- No. 114 Squadron RAF - operating Vickers Valetta C1, de Havilland Chipmunk T10
- No. 185 Squadron RAF - operating ???
- No. 202 Squadron RAF - operating Hawker Hunter F6
- No. 208 Squadron RAF - operating ???
- No. 213 Squadron RAF - operating ???
- No. 230 Squadron RAF - operating Scottish Aviation Pioneer CC1
- No. 234 Squadron RAF - operating ???
- No. 249 Squadron RAF - operating de Havilland Venom FB1
- No. 256 Squadron RAF - operating ???
- No. 284 Squadron RAF - operating Bristol Sycamore HR14
- No. 603 Squadron RAF - operating ???
- No. 2 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 21 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 26 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 27 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 29 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 37 Squadron RAF Regiment
[edit] RAF Nicosia today
The airport is still owned by the UK MoD[2], but is controlled by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus and is used by United Nations peace-keeping patrol helicopters.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.britains-smallwars.com/cyprus/cyprusunits.html#raf British units serving Cyprus
- ^ House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 19 Jan 2005 (pt 6)
[edit] External links
- the murder of Corporal Patrick J. Hale at RAF Nicosia
- gallery of images of RAF Nicosia from ServicePals.com
[edit] See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
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- Royal Air Force station
- List of RAF stations
- List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons
- List of aircraft of the RAF
- Nicosia International Airport
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