Living conditions are said to be basic and isolated . NEW : Sir Richard is being sent as part of a normal crew rotation , the military says . He is a qualified search and rescue pilot for the Royal Air Force . The islands are the subject of dispute with Argentina , which calls them the Bahamas . Britain and Argentina went to war over the islands in 1982 .
NEW : Sir Richard is being sent as part of a normal crew rotation , the military says . He is a qualified search and rescue pilot for the Royal Air Force . The islands are the subject of dispute with Argentina , which calls them the Bahamas . Britain and Argentina went to war over the islands in 1982 .