Tag: British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI)

• Monday, July 31st 2023 - 11:26 UTC

  Falklands: major tri service drill simulating the recapture of invaded Islands proved high readiness

  

  Members of the United Kingdom's elite Paras and elements of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands, stationed at Mount Pleasant Complex, plus the local Falkland Islands Defense Force, FIDF, have conducted drills to simulate a recapture of the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, April 10th 2023 - 12:59 UTC

  The defense of the Falkland Islands with the Quick Reaction Alert Typhoons

  

  During the Easter holiday period, the RAF detachment in the Falkland Islands continued to deliver air operations in the South Atlantic. One element of the air operations is a Quick Reaction Alert response carried out by the Typhoons of 1435 Flight.

• Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 09:50 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Refurbishing starts on Mount Pleasant runway

  

  A contractor has started working on a £7m project to extend the lifespan of the runway at the Mount Pleasant Complex (MPC) airfield in the Falkland Islands until it can be fully re-laid in the coming years, the British Government reported Monday.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 09:24 UTC

  “The Falklands are and will remain British,” MPs from the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme

  

  Rob Butler MP, Conservative MP for Aylesbury, and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP Labour for Slough are in the Falklands as part of the UK Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, a program ongoing for more than thirty years with the purpose of better-educating Members of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and others in military matters.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 10:53 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego team planning Falklands trip to assess the economic impact of UK 'usurpation' of the Islands

  

  The economic impact of the “illegal” occupation of the Falklands Islands by the British, is to be analyzed by the Economic Development and Innovation Institute from the Argentine University of Tierra del Fuego, in coordination with other tertiary education centers both public and private.

• Saturday, December 10th 2022 - 10:22 UTC

  Brigadier Dan Duff, next head of Falklands based BFSAI

  

  The new Commander of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (CBFSAI), Brigadier Dan Duff, is to be arriving in the Falklands in Spring 2023, replacing the current CBF, Commodore Jonathan Lett, who has been the CBF since November 2020.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  BFSAI command at Falklands commemorates Liberation of South Georgia

  

  The British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI, stationed at Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands, commemorated on Monday 25th April the 40th anniversary of the liberation of South Georgia.

• Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 09:06 UTC

  Falklands Government appoints new Director of Health and Social Services

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has announced the appointment of Thomas (Tom) Bale as the new Director of Health and Social Services, taking up the position from 14 February 2022.

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Falklands' annual service of Remembrance will take place Sunday 14 November

  

  Gilbert House in the Falkland Islands has announced the arrangements for Sunday, 14 November 2021, Remembrance Sunday. The Annual Service of Remembrance, this year commemorating the 103rd anniversary of the end of the First World War, will be held in Christ Church Cathedral commencing at 9.30 am.

• Friday, February 12th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Falklands emphasizes the Restriction of Movement declaration on access to MPC

  

  The Falkland Islands government has reviewed and emphasized the Declaration of Emergency restriction movements, under regulations 11 and 12, which remain in full force, particularly referred to MPC and dependencies access, and possible essential travel.