RAF transport flights: Cyprus / Iraq / Israel - November 2023

RAF A-400 military transport mission from Akrotiri (Cyprus) to Erbil (Iraq) on the 16th Nov 2023. This includes flying at night, with the transponder off, over Syrian airspace. The usual pattern is that on return to Akrotiri the A-400 will subsequently fly to Ben Gurion Airport (Tel Aviv, Israel). Erbil (Iraq) is a major US/NATO airbase for Hellfire-armed Apache helicopters (as also used by Israel).