Awarded: April 1987
Blazon: A Red-backed Hawk (Buteo Polyosoma) volant grasping in it talons a Dagger all proper
Link: The Red-backed Hawk is territorial to the Falkland Islands and is indicative of the unit’s location.
Motto: Defend the Right
History: The newest purpose-built Airfield in the RAF, Mount Pleasant opened in 1984 following the Falklands War and remains current.
Sponsored by Just Wood and dedicated to all who served at RAF Station Mount Pleasant.