RAF to install blast protection for aircraft at Akrotiri airbase
A Eurofighter Typhoon taxis to the runway at RAF Akrotiri. The ‘Golf' dispersal area typically used by fast jets at the base will now receive reinforced concrete blast protection by the end of 2027. (Crown Copyright)
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is to install blast protection measures at its Akrotiri airbase in Cyprus, a Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract notification has disclosed.
Published on 3 September 2026, the MoD notification calls for prefabricated reinforced concrete revetments to be installed within the ‘Golf' aircraft dispersal area at RAF Akrotiri by 26 March 2027. ‘Golf' is one of eight aircraft dispersal areas on the base, and is used primarily as an apron for fast jets, including those on quick reaction alert (QRA) duties.
A contract is expected to be awarded by 30 November 2026, with the work valued at EUR1 million (USD1.2 million).
Akrotiri hosts a range of permanent and transient fixed- and rotary-winged RAF aircraft types, including Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4s, Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightnings, Airbus Voyagers, Airbus A400M Atlases, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. MQ-9B Protector RG1s, Boeing Chinooks, and Airbus H145 Jupiter HC2s. It has also recently hosted Royal Navy Leonardo AW159 Wildcat HMA2 and Merlin Crowsnest helicopters. A US Air Force Lockheed U-2 high-altitude surveillance aircraft is also known to operate from the base, although this has not been officially confirmed by the MoD.
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