Flight Lt. Wales takes up his duties in the Falkland Islands
Flt Lt Wales has commenced his duties as an RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter pilot in the Falkland Islands providing Search and Rescue cover for both the civilian and military population.
Flt Lt Wales is part of a four man crew providing SAR cover for a six week tour of duty, his role is to operate as a Sea King co-pilot, a post he has held at RAF Valley in Anglesey since qualifying.
His first shift involved briefings on the unique and challenging flying environment of the Falkland Islands and familiarisation with the location and the job he is to perform.
The Officer Commanding Search and Rescue, Squadron Leader Miles Bartlett, said, “A posting to operations in the Falklands is a vital part of the career progression for a Search and Rescue pilot. The experience they get here is second to none. It is a challenging and varied job providing an essential capability to the Military and the Falkland Islands population.”
This detachment to the Falklands offers Flt Lt Wales excellent experience and training opportunities to develop his career as a SAR pilot. SAR crews have to contend with a variety of challenging conditions as the weather on the islands is often changeable and a significant number of the population live in very remote and rugged areas. Whilst SAR remains their primary responsibility crews can be expected to complete a multitude of challenging tasks including rescuing fishermen from trawlers, taking seriously ill patients to hospital, putting out peat fires or dropping off vital supplies to the isolated areas of the islands.
Flight Lieutenant Wales has deployed purely in an RAF role and will not be completing any ceremonial roles as the Duke of Cambridge. A six week deployment to the Falklands is conventional for SAR pilots at this stage of their career. (MoD PR)
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This is war!
Daily Mail hysterical !
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096265/Nuclear-sub-Falklands-patrol--flames-fury-continue-Argentina.html
What happened to the Endurance anyway? I heard they scrapped it.
Whats spanish for bang bang
We don't want to shake your hand, Taldy.
l like:-
“trust in God, but keep your powder dry”- Oliver Cromwell.
@3 johnfarrel2050,
Please don't post anymore as you are obviously an idiot.
Thank you.
@4 dreyfoss,
Endurance can't be scrapped or Argentina would want to buy it to join the rest of their junk!
“BUENOS AIRES – About 20,000 rounds of 22-caliber and 9 mm ammunition were stolen from an Argentine air force armory on the outskirts of this capital, the military said Wednesday.”
How probable is that?
Maybe it is destined for a group of “fishermen”? Either way I don't hold out much hope of their survival.
For god's sake don't take the Daily Wail seriously, no-one else does.
To resort to the typical youtube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTu7GLfrmUI
Please William work once in their life, don´t lie anymore with these travels, and other stupid things!!
Take your head out of ya arse
William to the rescue as sailors are plucked from deadly seas
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066775/Prince-William-pilots-rescue-helicopter-dies-missing-Irish-Sea-boat-disaster.html#ixzz1lWgH42mM
A Ministry of Defence spokesman explained the role played by Prince William, who is based at RAF Valley as a flight lieutenant trained in search and rescue work. He said. “It was a four-man crew – captain, co-pilot, radar operator and winchman – and he was the co-pilot. The weather conditions were described as extremely bad, with poor visibility and strong winds.”
Prince William's third RAF rescue a week after wedding
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-13312612
The Duke of Cambridge has been involved in another rescue in Snowdonia, exactly a week after his wedding.
Prince William was among the crew of a rescue helicopter from RAF Valley on Anglesey who saved a 46-year-old man stranded on Tryfan mountain on Friday.
As you say, doing something for a charity is a good action. However, I think you'll find that doing something for a charity frequently involves doing it with the money of others. It's what charities do! As far as your reference to “visiting and stealing” is concerned, it's quite difficult to steal something that already belongs to you.
@8 Truth? You wouldn't recognise the truth if it kicked you in the nuts. Territory? I've had a good look at a map and I can't find any argie territory in the Falklands Archipelago. And I think you'll find that flying a 9,525 kg helicopter that doesn't belong to you to where you're told to go and, when you get there, doing what you are told to do is classed as “work”. Especially when you are employed by a national air force.
I agree with Isolde @7. It isn't courteous to get on a site such as this and post juvenile drivel. It wastes people's time. Should you decide to grow up and make intelligent useful comments, do let us know. Until then I strongly recommend that you follow Isolde's advice.
“Uhhh, where are we? I miss my grandma.”
“Argentina's policy towards the Malvinas is insane, erratic, senseless...Blocking the ports is more of the same madness...Argentina needs to integrate the islands, not isolate them. We have to face up to the fact that we lost the war. Malvinas is not part of Argentina; it is part of our imagination. We're so blinded by years of rhetoric that we can't see reality.”
Given the choice between being diplomacy and child like spats of anger and lies, they choose child like spats of anger and lies.
Argentina has never recovered from being a wannabe be Axis power in the 1930's. Argentina's version of fascism (like that of Spain's) remained undefeated by WW2 Allied powers. It hadn't even had to fight a real civil war to maintain power, just murder 50,000-100,000 of its own unarmed political activists and we all know how easy that was for their brave and heroic military men, like their hero Commander Astiz.
It took the Falklands War to shake the Argentines into some semblance of reality. Remove their military government and see the Americans as something other than a benevolent uncle, rather more like a the uncle you kept your children away from, you know the one in the old mack who always had his hands in his pockets and a grimace on his lips.
But within a few short years a girl came alone, a wannabe Eva Peron and took them all the way back to year zero! And the Argentine people gave up their collective memory and switched back to servile child.
In the West it's very difficult to understand how the average Argentine thinks. We have to imagine how our own per-adolescent children think and we can then get into their mindset. Give them a box of toy soldiers & some flags to play with and they are as happy as pie, tell them that they can't own Tracey Island though and they will cry their eyes out.
At school, the teachers would always tell them “Tracey Island” was their's. Even though the reality was, it wasn't!
Ahhh, trolls from the UK are fuming and find their way here through google to make themself feel soooo goood. Brits, believe they are free, reality is, they live in a police/feudelistic society and continue to believe they are truly free. but but but, brits here prefer concentrate on an area far away and far away from their own debt crisis that's cripple them, slowly...so much fun.
You make about as much sense as that other plonker, johnfarrel.
We would appreciate it if you didn't post anymore either as you too are an idiot.
btw- ever get your teeth fixed?
Exactly right John. Argentina needs to respect the wishes of the Falkland Islanders. Well put!
While you're at it, let's deal with “Please, respect the ideas of a lot of people around the world who think different than some other british people.” Do you respect the ideas of British people? Do you respect the ideas of Falkland Islanders? No? Then you can stick your ideas up your arse and swivel on them. Hypocrite.
@19 Hi, doggy. Should we explain that to you, doggy? But down to business. Setting aside Britain's current minor financial difficulties, could you explain to us how the present-day argie-in-the-street feels about the fact that it would take 10 million present-day argie pesos to buy 1 argie peso of, say, 1970? 10 million! We can't match that. Actually, it's possible that only Zimbabwe could match it. How's it feel to be on a par with Zimbabwe?
Interesting article fro the US
Conqueror aka typhoon buffoon the virtual pilot that lives in his mom's basement, seriously, stop playing video games that messes with your head. Get a real life.
Welcome to Malvinas, prince William - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cxrGaiNlSY
l told you to stop posting because you are an idiot.
So stop already. No one wishes to hear your ridiculous views.
l have a few Dutch friends & they are decent people.
Obviously ,mynheer badteeth, you are not one of them.
Can't afford it & never visited , eh. Stop it, Hans, you are making me laugh.
Just be a good chap & disappear up your own behind with a puff of smoke.
I have to support on your “ emotional territorial stage”. You found this online paper and finally you can complain about how wrong it is the rest of the world( besides England).
Where else could you explain 1700's view point while trying to apply it into 21st century and have any human support than in this newspaper? You may try to do so in the Falklands ( Malvinas is the name in this century), but you are too far and the islanders are not considered first class like you( never will by English standards), because they will be not able to afford a flight and wait 5 hours outside of the Royal family home in a cold winter to bend forward when the “little prince” wave a hello to the servants like yourself( Which of his pictures you have under your pillow ?).
You do own this newspaper even if it is virtual( At least it is closer than Malvinas). Any type of virtual intimidation to your imaginary world should be reported to Queen or Dino-MAMA-saurio.
Argentinians and the 2.38 Billion bipeds( Please note that I subtracted 62.99 Brits) who do not understand that the world is British by nature and the men inside of each territory are leasing to Queen mom should be waiting for a UK nuclear submarine to straight up the only truth.
lnteresting post. Do you think that l am in the UK?
l'm not even in the same hemisphere.
Do you think that l don't consider the Falklanders to be first class? lol.
Better not tell my neighbours that or they might trample my roses!
You really are a simpleton aren't you?
Do you think there are 3 billion people on the planet?
Where have you been, boy? Try 7 billion. ha ha.
Much of your post does not make any sense.
Please try again♥
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