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The Search and Rescue Force was established in 1986 from the helicopter elements of the RAF Marine Branch which was disbanded that year. The Force supported search and rescue over the United Kingdom until 4 October 2015 when the role was privatised, and civilian contractor Bristow Helicopters assumed the role on behalf of HM Coastguard.
Royal Air Force Police member with distinctive armband and white cap in 2011. A Royal Air Force Police Dog Handler attached to 42 Commando, on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan (2011). The RAF Police are responsible for the policing and security of all service personnel, much like their Royal Navy and British Army counterparts.
The RAF Search and Rescue Force began in 1941, mainly rescuing aircrew from ditched aircraft. [1] On 12 December 1997, the two control centres in Plymouth and Edinburgh were combined into one site at RAF Kinloss. [2] During its time as part of the RAF its motto was Constant Endeavour. [1]
No. 84 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is at present a Search and Rescue Squadron based at RAF Akrotiri, using the Westland/Airbus Helicopters Puma HC Mk.2 helicopter. The squadron transitioned from the previously operated Bell Griffin HAR.2 to the Puma HC.2 in 2023.
The squadron HQ was co-located with the SAR Force HQ at RAF Valley on Anglesey, Wales. [26] Detachments of at least two aircraft operated from three stations providing search and rescue cover in those parts of the country; these were: [ 27 ]
No. 294 Squadron was a Royal Air Force air search and rescue (ASR) squadron active under RAF Middle East Command.During World War II the unit operated rescue missions for Allied aircraft and aircrew over the eastern Mediterranean and later the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea.
The Air Member for Personnel was keen to involve the Dominions who had contributed to the Air Power effort in the Second World War, and they asked for help in terms of search officers, drivers and clerks. In 1945, the breakdown of the MRES was 69% RAF, 17% RCAF, 7% RAAF, 3% RNZAF, and 4% from other overseas states (but not the United States). [16]
The Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service (RAFMRS) provides the United Kingdom military's only all-weather search and rescue asset for the United Kingdom. Royal Air Force (RAF) mountain rescue teams (MRTs) were first organised during World War II to rescue aircrew from the large number of military aircraft crashes then occurring due to navigational errors in conjunction with bad weather and ...