Currently operating the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4, it is based at RAF Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands.

1435 Flight from the various Typhoon squadrons in the United Kingdom, providing a 24-hour, 365-day quick reaction alert (QRA) role.

[9] On 7 March, the Flight was strengthened by the addition of four radar-equipped Bristol Beaufighter night fighters.

[10] The flight was reformed in July 1942 at RAF Luqa, also in Malta, as a day fighter unit equipped with Supermarine Spitfire, and manned by personnel from several squadrons, including No.

It was assigned to the Balkan Air Force, carrying out operations over Albania and Yugoslavia until the end of the war.

As this was badly damaged during the fighting, the Flight reformed with Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 'jump-jet' aircraft in late 1983, and disbanding again in May 1985.

The practice of naming the four-aircraft presence on the islands has also been maintained: they are called 'Faith', 'Hope', and 'Charity', after the legendary three Gloster Sea Gladiators that once defended Malta, and 'Desperation'.

'Desperation' was added to the three traditional names when Phantoms entered service in the Falklands and the flight was revived in 1988.

The four Tornados remained in active service until they were replaced in turn by four Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4s in September 2009.