RAF Navy Point was a Royal Air Force base in the Falkland Islands. Set on a peninsula on which Canopus Hill, Stanley Airport and Gypsy Cove lie, together with a narrow spit of land known as Navy Point, which effectively divides Port William from Stanley Harbour. [1] A small detachment of RAF SAR ( search and rescue) Helicopters of No. 1564 Flight RAF were based here until the Detachment was moved to RAF Mount Pleasant when the new base opened. [2]
- ^ "RAF Helicopters in Search and Rescue". www.22squadronassociation.org.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ Darling, Kev (2012). "5: Integrations and Further Changes". RAF Strike Command, 1968-2007 (1 ed.). Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-84884-898-6.
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RAF Navy Point was a Royal Air Force base in the Falkland Islands. Set on a peninsula on which Canopus Hill, Stanley Airport and Gypsy Cove lie, together with a narrow spit of land known as Navy Point, which effectively divides Port William from Stanley Harbour. [1] A small detachment of RAF SAR ( search and rescue) Helicopters of No. 1564 Flight RAF were based here until the Detachment was moved to RAF Mount Pleasant when the new base opened. [2]
- ^ "RAF Helicopters in Search and Rescue". www.22squadronassociation.org.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ Darling, Kev (2012). "5: Integrations and Further Changes". RAF Strike Command, 1968-2007 (1 ed.). Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-84884-898-6.
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