There are two airfields in the Eastern SBA... The original Kingsfield strip is just off the road that went to Pergamos Camp. It is the longer of the two and where the gliding club is. The other strip, latterly the home of AAC Gazelles until they were withdrawn, is about a mile inland from Dhekelia power station and is quite a bit shorter. Interestingly, the Google Earth image of the second strip appears to show an Islander/Defender there.
Kingsfield is right up by the 'border' with the Turkish occupied part of the island. Perhaps that is partly why the newer strip was built further away?
I recall passing Kingsfield on the school bus in the early seventies and admiring an RAF Hercules there. Sadly, it had, I was told, tangled with the hangar and it took some time to get it repaired.
Edit; WRT the original topic, the Airport at Parhos was built with Greek money as a reinforcement base to be used in the event of further hostilities with the marauding Turks.... There is a HAS complex on the northerly side. That is where the Hind gunships operate from.
Last edited by AnglianAV8R; 22nd February 2012 at 15:53.