MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Tag: RAF Hercules C130
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Thursday, August 15th 2019 - 05:14 UTC
Falklands/UK airbridge will continue via Cape Verde; Ascension runway may not be repaired until 2022
The contract to repair the 3,000-meter runway at RAF Ascension Island has yet to be awarded, and work may not be complete until 2022. It has been partially closed since April 2017. This means the Falkland Islands/Brize Norton airbridge will continue to operate through Cape Verde.
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Friday, December 8th 2017 - 08:20 UTC
Falklands/Buenos Aires Ezeiza airport direct flight by a RAF Voyager transport
A RAF Voyager transport, in a direct link from MPA in the Falkland Islands landed on Thursday morning at Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires with 25 members of the HMS Protector crew, on time to catch a midday British Airways flight to London. It has been decades since an RAF unit lands in the Argentine capital international airport.
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Tuesday, November 21st 2017 - 08:20 UTC
Britain sends special highly skilled unit SPAG, to help with the submarine search
Britain has increased efforts to help find the missing Argentine submarine ARA San Juan in the vast stormy South Atlantic. HMS Protector, the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol ship, is now in the search area where the submarine last made contact on Wednesday.
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Tuesday, May 16th 2017 - 10:04 UTC
Brazil states RAF Hercules flights from or to Falklands are “humanitarian motivated”
The Brazilian government discards any “irregularities” in allowing British military aircraft, flying to or from the Falkland Islands, landing in its airports since the authorizations are humanitarian motivated, revealed a source from the Brazilian government to the Argentine news agency, Telam.
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Monday, April 10th 2017 - 07:29 UTC
RAF Hercules photographed by Zero Hora in Porto Alegre airport
The Royal Air Force continues to call at Brazilian airports for refueling in their trip to the Falkland Islands, according to Zero Hora, the main daily from the city of Porto Alegre in Rio Grande Do Sul state.
