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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.
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.
An AW139 of the Search and Rescue Training Unit. SARTU is also used as the base for many other air courses. Most notable is No. 60 Squadron RAF, from the Defence Helicopter Flying School at RAF Shawbury, which sends each of their ab-initio pilots and crewman to SARTU to learn the basic skills needed for Search and Rescue missions and Mountain Flying.
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 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]
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] 'A' Flight – RMB Chivenor, Devon 'B' Flight – RAF Wattisham, Suffolk 'C' Flight – RAF Valley, Anglesey
Operationally it was to become known as Air Sea Rescue Services (ASRS), which later became the RAF Search and Rescue Force. [4] The headquarters of the ASRS was co-located with that of Coastal Command with which it was to operate closely. As more High Speed Launches became available these were formed into new dedicated Air Sea Rescue Units (ASRU).
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 ...