RAF Mount Pleasant (IATA: MPN, ICAO: EGYP) (also known as Mount Pleasant Airport, Mount Pleasant Complex or MPA) is a Royal Air Force station in the British...
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Pleasant (more commonly known as RAF Mount Pleasant, and also known as Mount Pleasant Airport, MPA, and Mount Pleasant Complex) in East Falkland, 1312...
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of the Royal Air Force (RAF). Currently operating the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 (tranche 1), it is based at RAF Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands...
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defence of the islands, the centrepiece of which was a new airfield at RAF Mount Pleasant, 27 miles (43 km) west of Stanley. The base was opened in 1985, and...
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flights, and scheduled international passenger flights operate from the RAF Mount Pleasant military airbase. Stanley is also home to the Falkland Islands Radio...
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Royal Air Force (redirect from RAF stations)
Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cuhna) RAF Mount Pleasant (Falkland Islands) RAF Gibraltar (Gibraltar) Four RAF squadrons are based overseas. No. 17 Test...
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Mount Pleasant may refer to: Frank Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant (Australian Capital Territory) Mount Pleasant, New South Wales Mount Pleasant, Queensland...
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Defence's South Atlantic air bridge flights to RAF Mount Pleasant, on the Falkland Islands, from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, in the UK. Beginning...
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Port Stanley Airport (redirect from RAF Stanley)
the islands with a paved runway. However, the military airbase at RAF Mount Pleasant, located to the west of Stanley, functions as the islands' main international...
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1310 (Tactical Support) Flight RAF. Later 1310 Flt was amalgamated with 1564 Flt to form 78 Sqn at RAF Mount Pleasant. 1310 Flt was re-formed again at...
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The main international airport, located at RAF Mount Pleasant on East Falkland, provides flights to RAF Brize Norton in the UK and mainland South America...
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Force operates flights from RAF Mount Pleasant to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, England, with a refuelling stop at RAF Ascension Island. This service...
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Between May 1986 and December 2007, No. 78 Squadron was based at RAF Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands, operating Westland Sea King HAR3s and until 2006...
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also has two airports with paved runways, Port Stanley Airport and RAF Mount Pleasant. There is a lighthouse at Cape Pembroke near Stanley. East Falkland...
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United States (FAA: OSA) Mount Pleasant/Scottdale Airport in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, United States (FAA: P45) RAF Mount Pleasant, a military base for...
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AirTanker Services (section Royal Air Force (RAF))
cabin of 291 premium economy seats between RAF Brize Norton in the United Kingdom and RAF Mount Pleasant (IATA: MPN, ICAO: EGYP) on the Falkland Islands...
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rose to 160 in 2016. Because West Falkland is outside Stanley or RAF Mount Pleasant on East Falkland it is considered part of the "camp", a Falklander...
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Kingdom (and its Crown Dependencies) begin with the two letters "EG". RAF Mount Pleasant on the Falkland Islands also uses the "EG" code. Airport names in...
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List of Royal Air Force stations (redirect from RAF Bases)
operations at RAF Alconbury, RAF Croughton, RAF Fairford, RAF Menwith Hill, RAF Molesworth, and RAF Welford, whereas RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall are...
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Eurofighter Typhoon (redirect from RAF Typhoons)
deploy for operations by mid-2008. In late 2009, four RAF Typhoons were deployed to RAF Mount Pleasant, replacing the Tornado F3s of No. 1435 Flight defending...
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Caicos Islands Regiment, which was officially raised in April 2020. RAF Mount Pleasant is the largest of six sites in the Falkland Islands, which is the...
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as the RAF Airbridge or South Atlantic Airbridge) between RAF Brize Norton in the UK and RAF Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands (via RAF Ascension...
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Police Corps (United States) RAF Mount Pleasant, an RAF base in the Falkland Islands commonly referred to as the Mount Pleasant Complex Michael Polanyi Center...
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activities from its bases at Newquay Airport, Coventry Airport and RAF Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands. It operates from Newquay using two Eurocopter...
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islands' only significant town, Stanley, and often the large RAF base at Mount Pleasant. It is derived from the Spanish word campo, for "countryside"...
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support as part of No. 1312 Flight at RAF Mount Pleasant due to the forthcoming retirement of the Vickers VC10 from RAF service. The Tristar was replaced...
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Stephens Settlement (West Falkland) Port William (East Falkland) RAF Mount Pleasant (Air Force Base) (East Falkland) Rincon Grande Settlement (East Falkland)...
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Royal Air Force, RAF Mount Pleasant No. 78 Squadron RAF, (Air assault CH-47 Chinook HC.1, Search & Rescue Sea King HAR.3) No. 1435 Flight RAF, (Phantom FGR...
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Choiseul Sound. It is mostly used as a port facility and depot for RAF Mount Pleasant, as well as a deepwater port used by the Royal Navy ships patrolling...
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Ascension Island (redirect from RAF FC)
establishing RAF Ascension Island, and providing a refuelling stop for the regular airlink between RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, and RAF Mount Pleasant in the...
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