Showing posts with label SAR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SAR. Show all posts
Tuesday, 14 January 2014

One Wild Winter - Tue 14 Jan at 9pm

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Programme of RAF interest. Tomorrow evening Tue 14th Jan 14 at 9pm on BBC 4.  The winter of 2012 was one of the coldest, longest and bus...
Friday, 10 January 2014

Prince William on Flt during its busiest year

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Newspapers report that Prince William's RAF search and rescue unit was the busiest in the country last year.  C Flight 22 Sqn was sc...
Thursday, 12 September 2013

Flt Lt Wales completes his final tour of duty with RAF SAR

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The Duke of Cambridge has completed his tour of duty with the Search and Rescue Force at RAF Valley. During his last shift, Flt Lt Willi...
Tuesday, 23 July 2013

The Armed Forces Celebrate the Royal Birth

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RAF Valley, the RAF Station where Prince William serves as a Search and Rescue pilot were among the first to offer official congratulati...
Thursday, 4 April 2013

On the BBC - Thrilling real-life drama is business as usual for RAF Search and Rescue

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A new series of Helicopter Rescue lands on BBC One Wales on 8 April and viewers will be able to experience the drama and suspense of thr...

Six months in...

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RAF FF Director, Bill Mahon talks to Patrick Eade, BFBS, about how things are looking 6 mths into his tenure and how the Federation is ta...
Wednesday, 27 March 2013

RAF Chinook called in to help save Sheep

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As well as all the emergency work being done by RAF SAR a Chinook has also been called in to help - this time to drop fodder for sheep f...
Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Good-bye to 70 years of Outstanding Service

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The Department for Transport has announced that the Bristow Group will take over search and rescue from the RAF replacing the Sea King wit...
Saturday, 9 March 2013

Gp Capt Sara Mackmin assumes command of RAF SAR

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Gp Capt Sara Mackmin assumes command of RAF SAR. On International Women’s Day one of the Armed Forces’ top female aviators has taken comman...
Tuesday, 12 February 2013

3 RAF teams involved in Cairngorms rescue

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A major search operation was launched over the weekend involving three mountain rescue teams from RAF Leeming, Leuchars and Kinloss. SAR ...
Tuesday, 22 January 2013

RAF SAR Busy all Weekend

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With extreme weather conditions affecting most of the country, RAF Search and Rescue teams have had a busy weekend and been on at a const...
Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Widow of Tornado Navigator was not involved in the Search Mission

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The newspapers report that the widow of one of the aircrew that died in the RAF Tornado incident last week was stood down from the mission ...
Monday, 18 June 2012

Confirming the end of RAF SAR

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In a written ministerial statement, Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey, has confirmed the MoDs intention to end the military provision of se...
Monday, 11 June 2012

Flt Lt Wales gains his Operational Captaincy

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Prince William has qualified as a Search and Rescue Operational Captain. The qualification means Flt Lt Wales is now able to lead rescues i...
Tuesday, 29 November 2011

'Thank You' from the Russian Ambassador

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The Russian Ambassador, Alexander Yakovenko, has thanked Prince William and the crew of the RAF SAR Flt for their attempts to rescue the c...

Demise of Armed Forces SAR in the UK

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The Department for Transport has announced the start of the procurement process to replace UK-wide Armed Forces Search and Rescue with a c...