RAF Mount Pleasant (MTN/EGYP)

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RAF Mount Pleasant (IATA: MPN, ICAO: EGYP) Royal Air Force station located in the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands. Built from 1983-1985 to both replace the RAF facilities at Port Stanley and also give the Falkland Islands a dedicated and fully modernized centerpiece facility for air defense of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the facility became fully operational in 1986.

Serving as the headquarters and primary air transport hub for British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) the base and its attached Royal Navy facility at Mare Harbour are home to anywhere between 1,000 and 2,000 British military personnel. The airport also serves as the sole international air gateway to the Falkland Islands, with several airlines offering scheduled passenger services to South American and European destinations.

The following units are presently stationed at RAF Mount Pleasant:
RAF:
No. 905 Expeditionary Air Wing
No. 1435 Flight
No. 1312 Flight
No. 1564 Flight
No. 7 Signal Unit
No. 303 Signal Unit
No. 751 Signal Unit
33 Engineer Regiment (EOD)
Royal Artillery Rapier Missile Detachment

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