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Prior to 26 Sqn's disbandment in March 2008, there was time for one last tour of duty as the Falkland Islands Resident Rapier Sqn (RRS) in April–November 2006, during which time the last ever RAF Regiment Rapier missile practice camp (MPC) took place.
The Bluff Cove air attacks occurred 8 June 1982, during the Falklands War. British troop transport ships were bombed by Argentine Air Force (FAA) Douglas A-4 Skyhawk fighter bombers at Port Pleasant, off Fitz Roy, while transferring troops to Bluff Cove, with significant damage and casualties.
The Falkland Islands are a British overseas territory and, as such, rely on the United Kingdom for the guarantee of their security. The other British territories in the South Atlantic, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, fall under the protection of British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI), formerly known as British Forces Falkland Islands (BFFI), which includes commitments from ...
T Battery (Shah Sujah's Troop) Royal Artillery 12 Air Defence Regiment / Rapier Missile FS.A Launcher x 12、Land Rover 101 Forward Control x 12; Air Defence Troop / Blowpipe Missile launchers x 12 Leyland 4-tonne truck x 12 Land Rover 109 series III x 12 1st Raiding Squadron, Royal Marines (Capt Chris Baxter) / Rigid Raiding Craft x 17
By 27 January they had reached 64° 58' S, where the decision was made to sail north to look for islands between the South Orkney and South Sandwich Islands. [4] Finding none, the pair headed south again and on 20 February 1823 reached 74° 15' S, setting a record for the furthest voyage south that lasted till James Clark Ross 's voyage of 1842.
Captain Charles Barnard (c. 1781–c.1860 [1]) was a famous castaway.. In 1812, the British ship Isabella, captained by George Higton, was shipwrecked off Eagle Island (part of the Falkland Islands).
20 Battery Royal Artillery is the headquarters battery of the 16th Regiment Royal Artillery.It is one of the five batteries that make up 16 Regiment Royal Artillery.The Regiment use the Rapier Field Standard C air defence missile system and the Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP) capability, the only Regiment in the British Armed Forces to do so.
Island of the Fishmen aka. Island of Mutations (Italian: L'isola degli uomini pesce) is a 1979 action-horror film directed by Sergio Martino, starring Barbara Bach, Joseph Cotten and Richard Johnson. In 1981, about 30 minutes of footage was removed from the original film and replaced with new material for international release.