Tag: Mount Pleasant Complex MPC

• Monday, February 24th 2025 - 08:25 UTC

  Falklands: Mount Pleasant Airport runway repairs completed ahead of schedule

  

  A £20 million project to resurface part of the airfield at Falklands Islands Mount Pleasant Complex has been completed ahead of schedule. Mount Pleasant Complex is the RAF’s airfield in the Falkland Islands and is an important overseas base for the Ministry of Defense (MOD) which is run by UK Strategic Command. It is a vital air link between the Falkland Islands and the UK

• Tuesday, January 21st 2025 - 15:32 UTC

  Falklands, RAF Commander visits the Air Mobility Force at MPC

  

  Royal Air Force Commander Air Wing, Gp Capt Andy McIntyre, recently undertook the 8000 mile journey to visit Mount Pleasant Complex, at British Falkland South Atlantic Islands.

• Monday, January 20th 2025 - 06:08 UTC

  Falklands, ESPN films a documentary on the local football culture

  

  The US international basic cable sports channel, ESPN, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network was in the Falkland Islands with a crew to gather information on the local football culture. British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI, and Falklands Football worked with the Walt Disney channel, ESPN

• Friday, December 27th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

  Falklands, ten-year infrastructure program to improve defense and living conditions at the MPC

  

  UK’s Defense Infrastructure Organization, DIO, which depends from the Ministry of Defense, has been working on a ten year construction program with the purpose of maintaining the operational capability of the air, maritime and army assets deployed for the protection of the Falkland Islands, and also working closely with the government of Falklands.

• Monday, October 7th 2024 - 09:24 UTC

  Falklands MPA toured by MoD Director of Overseas Bases

  

  During a five-day visit, the UK Ministry of Defense Director Overseas Bases, Dr Sam Griffiths, toured the force elements deployed in the BFSAI (British Forces South Atlantic Islands) area of operations and gained an insight to the joint force operation at the Mount Pleasant Complex, MPC.

• Saturday, June 15th 2024 - 09:00 UTC

  Falklands, team of Royal Navy engineers maintain war memorials across the Islands

  

  UK Defense Journal is reporting that the Naval Engineering Falkland Islands (NEFI) team at the East Cove Military Port, Mare Harbor, an 11-member unit, is responsible for providing round-the-clock engineering support for Royal Navy vessels like patrol ship HMS Forth and cargo ships with supplies for the Mount Pleasant Complex.

• Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Military presence “at the appropriate level to ensure the defense of the Falklands,” UK MoD

  

  Following Argentina's purchase of US-made F-16 jets from Denmark, concerns were raised in Parliament to a Secretary of Defense regarding the UK's defense readiness in the South Atlantic, more precisely the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, April 8th 2024 - 23:59 UTC

  Falklands 'fairly relaxed' with Milei's speech and hoping for a good relation with Argentina, MLA Spinks

  

  ”We are a peaceful people, and I think that in this day and age we need to have a grown up relationship (with Argentina), recognizing there is a difference over sovereignty, but we are neighbors and there are things that would be beneficial to both sides,” said member of the Legislative Assembly Roger Spink in an interview with GB news commenting on president Javier Milei's latest statements on the South Atlantic dispute.

• Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 21:55 UTC

  UK Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme visit Falklands and BFSAI at MPA

  

  The United Kingdom Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme (AFPS) recently visited the Falkland Islands and British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI at Mount Pleasant Complex. The aim of the AFPS is to allow Members from both Houses of Parliament the opportunity to visit various military locations, and provides education about service life including some 'hands on' time with service persons.

• Sunday, October 29th 2023 - 01:13 UTC

  Falklands: Remote radar facilities in Mount Kent becomes new refurbished outpost

  

  Earlier this week marked the official handover of new build accommodation at the 303 Signals Unit Remote Radar Head Mount Kent in the Falklands Islands, from the contract team Ramboll Volker Fitzpatrick to 303 Signals Unit. The ceremony marked UK's long-term commitment to the Falkland Islands' right to self-determination.