Reading the comments of this thread I am having a bit if a chuckle. Akrotiri, part of the RAF ? Late 80s to early 90s an East bound C130, on a Saturday or Sunday, would be obliged to night stop Cairo, as AKR would not offer staging facilities. I never had a problem with it, as a night at the Pyramids was far more interesting than yet another kebab. GW1 woke them up, a bit, but spending six weeks living in a windowless room, that was our store room, when I lived in that block on a tour in 1973, was hard going. Nonetheless, we were on operations and "any port in a storm" was the way it was. No one moaned, we got on with it. I know that this thread is based on media reports, but it seems that some currently serving are happy to fuel the fire of outrage. Modern servicemen have a choice, as they did in my time. Take it, or leave it. At 61 years old, I would give my right arm to support operations from Akrotiri again.
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