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1564 (Tactical Support) Flight
Royal Air Force - 83 to 1678 Squadron
Royal Air Force - 87 to 07 News about BFSAI |
Bristow S-92 Helicopters in the Falkland Islands
22-Aug-23 - Under a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence, Bristow now operates two Sikorsky S-92 helicopters from Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands within the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) #Falklands
BIH / HeliSpeed Extends Contract for Falklands AW189
14-Jul-21 - British International Helicopters (BIH) in 5-year extension partnership with HeliSpeed for the search and rescue (SAR) MoD contract in the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) #SouthAtlantic
AW189 Starts SAR for UK MoD in South Atlantic
01-Apr-16 - AW189 and S-61N from AAR, BIH and Air Rescue Systems (ARS) commenced Search and Rescue (SAR) and Support Helicopter (SH) services to the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) operations.
AAR 10-year SAR contract in Falklands/Malvinas
19-Jan-15 - AAR Corp and BIH gets 10-year UK Ministry of Defence Search and Rescue and Support contract for the Falkland/Malvinas Islands with AW189 and S-61 helicopters from April 2016 valued $275 million
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Models Ships |
| Dates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-jun-23 | HMS Protector (A173) | to replace the damaged HMS Endurance as Antarctic & Ice Patrol Ship. Leased from GC Rieber Shipping for an initial period of three years, with an option to extend lease for further 2 years. | |
| 2007-aug-20 | 2018-oct | HMS Clyde (P257) | departed HMNB Portsmouth to become Falkland Islands Patrol ship, relieving HMS Dumbarton Castle, and replacing the Castle class vessels in this role. |
| 1992-dec | HMS Endurance (1992) (A171) | ||
BFSAI List of helicopters |
| C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Air Force | |||||||||
| wa 949 | har.3 | ZE370 : at Mount Pleasant | |||||||
| British International Helicopters | |||||||||
| 61-269 w/o 2018 | S-61N | 1965 | G-ATBJ : in the Falkland Islands with Brintel. Working under contract for the MOD m+  | ||||||
| 89004 | aw189 | 2015 | G-FSAR ORCA1 : ORCA1 : | ||||||
| 89003 | aw189 | 2015 | G-SAAR : | ||||||
| Bristow | |||||||||
| 92-0224 | s-92a | 2013 | G-CIGZ : based at Port Stanley airport | ||||||
| 92-0124 | s-92a | 2010 | G-CIHP : ferry to Port Stanley, Falklands to cover SAR duties | ||||||
| 61-807 | S-61N | 1978 | G-FLKI : | ||||||
| 89004 | aw189 | 2015 | G-FSAR : | ||||||
| 92-0228 | s-92a | 2013 | G-IACG : ferry to Stanley Airport, Falklands | ||||||
| 92-0056 | s-92a | 2007 | G-MRLI : | ||||||
| 89003 | aw189 | 2015 | G-SAAR : BIH Acquired by Bristow in 2022 | ||||||
BFSAI Operations |
| Dates | Operation | |
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| Atlantic Patrol Task (South) | ||
