Tag: British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI)

• Monday, January 15th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

  Military exercise in the Falklands at the end of January

  

  The British Ministry of Defense, responsible for the Falkland Islands security, has announced that on January 23 and 24, the Roulement Infantry Company, RIC, will be involved in exercises on Mount Kent and Stanley Common, specifically Mount William and Sapper Hill.

• Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 07:17 UTC

  BFSAI commander visits Radar Units in Falklands Mount Kent, Mount Alice and Byron Heights

  

  The Commander of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands stationed at Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands, Brigadier Dan Duff has done the round of the troops under his command as part of the Christmas message.

• Saturday, October 28th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  BFSAI help with soil erosion and pasture re growth in the Falklands by spreading wool

  

  Members of British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI, are helping to combat soil erosion and re-growth of pastures in the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, October 28th 2023 - 00:39 UTC

  Falklands: Nepalese community in MPC celebrated Dashain

  

  Last weekend the Nepalese community at Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands and their invited guests, celebrated Dashain, traditionally celebrated with prayers and offerings to Durga, the Universal Mother Goddess.

• Saturday, October 14th 2023 - 06:30 UTC

  Infantry Patrol Competition in the Falklands' capital Stanley

  

  Starting on Saturday, 14 October 2023, until 22nd October, the British Army Roulement Infantry Company currently stationed at Mount Pleasant Complex will be running a patrol competition mainly through the capital Stanley.

• 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.