A military helicopter flies over the RAF Akrotiri, a British air base near costal city of Limassol, Cyprus, on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. The air base will be used as a launch pad for airstrikes against suspected Islamic State positions inside Syria, if the British parliament authorizes the attacks in a vote on Wednesday evening. Britain is already part of the U.S.-led coalition, but has restricted its actions to Iraq. (AP Photo/Pavlos Vrionides)