| Ayios Nikolaos Station | |
|---|---|
Άγιος Νικόλαος | |
| Dhekelia Cantonment in Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Cyprus | |
 Satellite and other communications antennas at Ayios Nikolaos Station | |
  Ayios Nikolaos Station Location in Cyprus | |
| Coordinates | 35°05′35″N 33°53′12″E / 35.09306°N 33.88667°E |
| Type | Signals intelligence gathering station |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator | Strategic Command |
| Controlled by | British Forces Cyprus |
| Condition | Operational |
| Website | Ayios Nikolaos Station at GOV.UK |
| Site history | |
| Built | c. 1946 |
| In use | 1946 – present |
| Events | Cyprus Seven Trial (1985) |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Joint Service Signal Unit, Cyprus |
Ayios Nikolaos Station (also spelled Agios Nikolaos; Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος, lit. "Saint Nicholas") is a British military station and part of the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia in Cyprus. It is a former village (Ayios Nikolaos, SBA) connected by a road to the main area of the Dhekelia Garrison. The Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus) (JSSU(Cyp)), formerly 9th Signal Regiment and the Royal Air Force's 33 Signals Unit, is based at Ayios Nikolaos. This unit is a British Armed Forces run electronic intelligence gathering station.[1]
The current superior body to JSSU (Cyp) appears to be the Joint Service Signal Organisation.[2] The JSSO, as of 2012, was located at RAF Digby in Lincolnshire, under the command of a Group Captain of the RAF Operations Support Branch and had 1,600 staff which are drawn from all three services.[3]
- ^ Jeffrey T. Richelson & Desmond Ball, The Ties the Bind: Intelligence Cooperation between the UKUSA Countries, Unwin Hyman, Boston/London and others, 1990, p.194 note 145.
- ^ (JSSU (Cyp)), accessed January 2019.
- ^ "Defence Intelligence: roles". Ministry of Defence. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2019.