London ( CNN ) -- Prince William is to be deployed next February to the Falkland Islands in his role as a search and rescue pilot , the British Ministry of Defence said Thursday . He will be one of four Royal Air Force pilots to be sent to the lonely , windswept military base , the air force said in a statement . The deployment is part of the normal crew rotation for the air force and will form part of his training and career progression , the statement said . The air force provides 24-hour search and rescue cover year-round from the base . William , whose marriage in April to Catherine , Duchess of Cambridge , was watched by millions around the world , qualified as a search and rescue pilot in September last year . He has been flying Sea King helicopters for the Royal Air Force from a base in Anglesey , Wales . Prince Andrew , the Duke of York , opened the Mount Pleasant base to which his nephew will be deployed over two decades ago . Living conditions are said to be basic and isolated . William will need to be back in Britain in time to help with preparations for the Queen 's Diamond Jubilee -- marking 60 years since she took the throne -- to be celebrated next June . His deployment will be seen as somewhat sensitive , coming 30 years after Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falklands . Known as Las Malvinas in Argentina , the islands lie off the South American country 's coast in the South Atlantic and have been under British rule since 1833 . Argentina invaded the Falklands in 1982 , prompting a war in which more than 600 Argentinean and 255 British military personnel died . Britain retained control of the islands after the war .
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