RAF Akrotiri is celebrating 70 years of service.
It was first established on 1 July 1955, when 30 personnel arrived at what was then a dry, windswept stretch of scrubland on the southernmost tip of Cyprus.
Seven decades later, the base is home to 4,000 service personnel and their families, and remains a cornerstone of British operations in the Middle East.
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