English: Pictured is an aerial view of Europa Point (the southernmost point of Gibraltar).

The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar is a rocky headland on the southern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

It has an area of just over 2 square miles and a population of 30,000. It enjoys a strategic location at the western entrance to the Mediterranean, where the straits between Europe and Africa are only 14 km wide.

Royal Air Force Gibraltar is a unique station situated in the shadow of the Rock adjacent to the border with Spain. The airfield was built at the start of the Second World War and is an integral part of Gibraltarian life as the only road into Spain crosses the runway.

Today there are no military aircraft permanently based at RAF Gibraltar, however, the Station remains at extremely high readiness to support UK military operations.

Gibraltar was ceded to Britain in perpetuity by Spain under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 but Spain still presses claim to Gibraltar, however the Gibraltarians wish to remain British as was demonstrated in 1967 and 2002, when an overwhelming majority voted to retain British sovereignty.

• Organization: RAF
• Object Name: GIB-OFFICIAL-20150310-ARCHIVE-LOCATIONS-GIBRALTAR OVERVIEWS-064
• Supplemental Categories: Overseas Bases, Gibralter
• Keywords: Urban, Mountainous, Mountains, Rocky, Ocean, Water, Landscape, Terrain, RAF, HQBF, MOD, Gibraltar, Defence, Military, Location, Aerial, Europa Point, Army, Barracks, Locations, Overseas, RAF Gibraltar
• Country: Gibraltar