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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Force</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_Rescue_Helicopter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/RAF_Rescue_Helicopter.jpg/250px-RAF_Rescue_Helicopter.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/RAF_Rescue_Helicopter.jpg/375px-RAF_Rescue_Helicopter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/RAF_Rescue_Helicopter.jpg/500px-RAF_Rescue_Helicopter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2140" data-file-height="1091" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Westland Sea King HAR3A</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1941 – 18 February 2016</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Disbanded</th><td class="infobox-data">18 February 2016</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data">Search and Rescue</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Force</b> (<b>RAF SARF</b> or <b>RAF SAR Force</b>) was an official unit of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) which provided around-the-clock aeronautical <a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">search and rescue</a> cover in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Cyprus" title="British Forces Cyprus">Cyprus</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a>, from 1986 until 2016. </p><p>The Search and Rescue Force was established in 1986 from the helicopter elements of the <a href="/wiki/RAF_Marine_Branch" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Marine Branch">RAF Marine Branch</a> which was disbanded that year. The Force supported search and rescue over the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> until 4 October 2015 when the role was privatised, and civilian contractor <a href="/wiki/Bristow_Helicopters" title="Bristow Helicopters">Bristow Helicopters</a> assumed the role on behalf of <a href="/wiki/HM_Coastguard" class="mw-redirect" title="HM Coastguard">HM Coastguard</a>. </p><p>On 18 February 2016, the force's disbandment was officially marked with a parade in front of <a href="/wiki/Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cambridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince William, Duke of Cambridge">William, Duke of Cambridge</a>, himself a former SAR pilot, and <a href="/wiki/Catherine,_Princess_of_Wales" title="Catherine, Princess of Wales">Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge</a>, his wife.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/RAF_Marine_Branch" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Marine Branch">RAF Marine Branch</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HSL_164_with_RAF_Hurricane_off_Colombo_c1943.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/HSL_164_with_RAF_Hurricane_off_Colombo_c1943.jpg/220px-HSL_164_with_RAF_Hurricane_off_Colombo_c1943.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/HSL_164_with_RAF_Hurricane_off_Colombo_c1943.jpg/330px-HSL_164_with_RAF_Hurricane_off_Colombo_c1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/HSL_164_with_RAF_Hurricane_off_Colombo_c1943.jpg/440px-HSL_164_with_RAF_Hurricane_off_Colombo_c1943.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="574" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/British_Power_Boat_Company_Type_Two_63_ft_HSL" class="mw-redirect" title="British Power Boat Company Type Two 63 ft HSL">Whaleback</a> high speed air-sea rescue launch <i>HSL 164</i> off Ceylon in 1943.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1918, the Royal Air Force was established through the merging of the aviation arms of the Royal Navy, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Air_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Navy Air Service">Royal Navy Air Service</a> (RNAS), and that of the Army, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a>. Together with its aircraft, vessels acquired to support RAF seaplane operations were also transferred to the new service,<sup id="cite_ref-RAFASRS1918-1986_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAFASRS1918-1986-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> becoming the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Marine_Branch" title="Royal Air Force Marine Branch">Marine Craft Section</a> (MCS).<sup id="cite_ref-RAFASRS1918-1986_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAFASRS1918-1986-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Post-war, the Marine Craft Section became a force of 150 vessels, which in addition to supporting the operation of seaplanes, were equipped for rescue operations, with a launch being at the ready whenever an aircraft was flying over water.<sup id="cite_ref-RAFASRS1918-1986_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAFASRS1918-1986-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the training and seamanship of the crews, especially with regards to navigation, meant that the MCS at this time was only suitable for inshore rescue operations.<sup id="cite_ref-RAFASRS1918-1986_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAFASRS1918-1986-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the vessels it had inherited from the Royal Navy began wear out, the RAF began to have built for launches capable of higher speeds, and in light of the larger crews of some aircraft, greater capacity. This would, in the late 1930s, lead to the acquiring of High Speed Launches (HSL) for rescue operations. </p><p>However, during the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>, the Marine Craft Section found itself ill-prepared for war. During the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a>, even with the help of civilian vessels and the Royal Navy, aircrew who baled out or ditched in the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> and <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> had only a 20 percent chance of being returned to their squadrons, with over 200 pilots and aircrew being lost to the sea during the battle.<sup id="cite_ref-RAFASRS1918-1986_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAFASRS1918-1986-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An informal air-sea rescue was started in July 1940 by <a href="/wiki/Flying_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Flying Officer">Flying Officer</a> <a href="/wiki/Russell_Aitken_(pilot)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russell Aitken (pilot)">Russell Aitken</a>, who with the approval of his senior officer at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Gosport" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Gosport">RAF Gosport</a>, began flying a <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus" title="Supermarine Walrus">Supermarine Walrus</a> to rescue pilots downed in the English Channel. By the end of August, when he ceased this work, he had rescued around 35 British and German aircrew.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearsonGorman202031–33_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearsonGorman202031–33-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In light of this, in 1941, an emergency meeting was convened by <a href="/wiki/Air_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Marshal">Air Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Harris,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet">Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris</a>. The Royal Navy offered to take over in its entirety the at sea rescue role, the RAF declined and subsequently created the Directorate of Air Sea Rescue on 6 February 1941, which adopted the motto 'The sea shall not have them'. Operationally, it was to become known as Air Sea Rescue Services (ASRS), which ultimately became the RAF Search and Rescue Force.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The headquarters of the ASRS was co-located with that of <a href="/wiki/RAF_Coastal_Command" title="RAF Coastal Command">RAF Coastal Command</a> with which it operated closely. </p><p>Together with creation of specialist Air Sea Rescue Units (ASRU), ASRS worked to improve the survival of aircrews through the development and issue of better individual survival equipment, including one man <a href="/wiki/Inflatable_boat" title="Inflatable boat">inflatable dinghies</a> for fighter pilots copied from the Germans; the training of aircrew in ditching drills to maximise their chances of surviving to be retrieved; the development and fielding of air droppable survival equipment; and coordination between the different services, branches and units towards the goal of locating and recovering of downed airmen. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_Museum,_Colindale,_London_-_DSC06008.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/RAF_Museum%2C_Colindale%2C_London_-_DSC06008.JPG/220px-RAF_Museum%2C_Colindale%2C_London_-_DSC06008.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/RAF_Museum%2C_Colindale%2C_London_-_DSC06008.JPG/330px-RAF_Museum%2C_Colindale%2C_London_-_DSC06008.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/RAF_Museum%2C_Colindale%2C_London_-_DSC06008.JPG/440px-RAF_Museum%2C_Colindale%2C_London_-_DSC06008.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Rescue & Target Towing Launch (RTTL) 2757, built in 1957, in the Grounds of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Museum_London" title="Royal Air Force Museum London">Royal Air Force Museum London</a>, Hendon.</figcaption></figure> <p>The air-sea rescue squadrons of the ASRS flew a variety of aircraft, usually <a href="/wiki/Hand-me-down" class="mw-redirect" title="Hand-me-down">hand-me-downs</a> rejected or withdrawn from front-line service by the RAF's other branches, or as in the case of the Walrus, begged from the Royal Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-Journal40_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Journal40-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They used <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfires</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boulton_Paul_Defiant" title="Boulton Paul Defiant">Boulton Paul Defiants</a> to patrol for downed aircrew, and <a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Ansons</a> to drop supplies and dinghies. <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus" title="Supermarine Walrus">Supermarine Walrus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Sea_Otter" title="Supermarine Sea Otter">Supermarine Sea Otter</a> amphibious craft were used to pick up aircrew from the water.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Larger aircraft were used to drop <a href="/wiki/Airborne_lifeboat" title="Airborne lifeboat">airborne lifeboats</a>. Although the Walrus and Sea Otters could pick up survivors close to shore and in coastal waters further out to sea, it was still not possible for aircraft to routinely pick up survivors, the large flying boats that could do so, such as the <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina" title="Consolidated PBY Catalina">Consolidated Catalinas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Short_Sunderland" title="Short Sunderland">Short Sunderlands</a> of Coastal Command, had many other jobs to do and were not always available.<sup id="cite_ref-Journal40_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Journal40-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The role of aircraft in the ASRS therefore, was to locate downed airmen and to keep them alive, by dropping them survival equipment and stores, until an ASRS launch, or one from the Royal Navy's <a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Sea_Rescue_Services&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Sea Rescue Services (page does not exist)">Naval Sea Rescue Services</a>, arrived to pick them up.<sup id="cite_ref-Journal40_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Journal40-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Generally MCS craft had responsibility for the Channel and North Sea, and Royal Navy ones for the <a href="/wiki/Western_Approaches" title="Western Approaches">Western Approaches</a>. </p><p>By the end of the Second World War, more than 8,000 aircrew and 5,000 civilians had been rescued. At the end of the Second World War, the MCS had some 300 HSLs and over a thousand other vessels,<sup id="cite_ref-RAFASRS1918-1986_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAFASRS1918-1986-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the largest fleet of such rescue craft in the world. This fleet and the RAF sailors that crewed it would contract as the RAF did, however it continued be found everywhere that the RAF flew over water. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Introduction_of_helicopters">Introduction of helicopters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Introduction of helicopters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the mid 1950s, helicopters began to replace <a href="/wiki/Fixed-wing_aircraft" title="Fixed-wing aircraft">fixed-wing aircraft</a> and supplement the marine craft in the search and rescue role, their ability to hover giving them an ability to recover survivors that fixed wing aircraft did not have. It was not until the 1960s, with the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Westland_Whirlwind_(helicopter)" title="Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)">Westland Whirlwind</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Westland_Wessex" title="Westland Wessex">Westland Wessex</a>, and later the <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Westland Sea King</a>, that it was possible to replace marine craft in all sea and weather conditions. Helicopters have the advantage of speed, which means that the same coverage as marine craft can be provided with far fewer bases and much reduced personnel numbers. However, even into the 1970s, helicopters had not completely replaced RAF marine craft, however by this time the MCS craft were becoming increasingly elderly and service in the MCS increasingly unattractive. </p><p>In 1986, the Marine Branch was disbanded, the last of the RAF's vessels were retired. Henceforth the RAF's rescue operations would be entirely helicopter based, Air Sea Rescue Services would be renamed the RAF Search and Rescue Force. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role">Role</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Role"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Winchman_Practising_Drills_MOD_45151090.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Winchman_Practising_Drills_MOD_45151090.jpg/220px-RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Winchman_Practising_Drills_MOD_45151090.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Winchman_Practising_Drills_MOD_45151090.jpg/330px-RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Winchman_Practising_Drills_MOD_45151090.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Winchman_Practising_Drills_MOD_45151090.jpg/440px-RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Winchman_Practising_Drills_MOD_45151090.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="4256" /></a><figcaption>A SAR Force winchman practising drills.</figcaption></figure> <p>The SARF's primary roles were military search and rescue, and the provision of rescue for civilian aircraft in distress under the 1948 Chicago Convention. The latter was a delegated responsibility to the UK <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> (MoD) from the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Transport">Department of Transport</a>, who had primary responsibility for general search and rescue of any type throughout the UK Search and Rescue Region (UK SRR). The military role involved the rescuing of aircrew who have ejected or parachuted from, or crash-landed their aircraft. This role raises the wartime combat effectiveness of the RAF (and RN) by enabling downed aircrew to be returned to front-line flying duties as soon as possible. </p><p>Although established with a primary role of military search and rescue, most of SARF's operational missions were spent in its secondary role, conducting civil search and rescue. This entails the rescue of civilians from the sea, on mountains, from flooded regions or other locations on land. </p><p>The aeronautical search and rescue roles were complemented by the related <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Mountain_Rescue_Service" title="Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service">Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service</a>, whose trained mountaineers also conduct search and rescue in hilly terrain. SARF helicopters and RAF mountaineers often work together on <a href="/wiki/Mountain_rescue" title="Mountain rescue">mountain rescue</a> incidents. </p><p>The military and civil roles were shared with the Sea King helicopters of the Royal Navy's <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a>, while the civil search and rescue role was also shared with the helicopters of <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Coastguard" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Coastguard">HM Coastguard</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Search and Rescue Helicopter Wing</b> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the Royal Air Force">wing</a> was formed at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Finningley" title="RAF Finningley">RAF Finningley</a> on 1 September 1976, it was disbanded on 1 December 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007232_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007232-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Search and Rescue Training Unit</b> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Search_and_Rescue_Training_Unit" title="Search and Rescue Training Unit">Search and Rescue Training Unit</a> was formed on 3 December 1979 at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Valley" title="RAF Valley">RAF Valley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007232_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007232-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No._22_Squadron_RAF">No. 22 Squadron RAF</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: No. 22 Squadron RAF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>15 February 1955 to June 1955 - <b>HQ at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Thorney_Island" title="RAF Thorney Island">RAF Thorney Island</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Sycamore" title="Bristol Sycamore">Bristol Sycamore</a> HC.12<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198832_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198832-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>'A' Flight<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <p>June 1955 to June 1956 - <b>HQ at RAF Thorney Island</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Whirlwind_(helicopter)" title="Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)">Westland Whirlwind</a> HAR.2<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198832_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198832-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thorney_Island" title="RAF Thorney Island">RAF Thorney Island</a></td> <td>Hampshire</td> <td>June 1955</td> <td>June 1956</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_St_Mawgan" title="RAF St Mawgan">RAF St Mawgan</a></td> <td>Cornwall</td> <td>June 1956</td> <td>April 1956</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Martlesham_Heath" title="RAF Martlesham Heath">RAF Martlesham Heath</a></td> <td>Suffolk</td> <td>25 June 1955<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>April 1956</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Felixstowe" title="RAF Felixstowe">RAF Felixstowe</a></td> <td>Suffolk</td> <td>April 1956</td> <td>June 1956</td> <td>Flight moved from Martlesham Heath<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Valley" title="RAF Valley">RAF Valley</a></td> <td>Anglesey</td> <td>27 September 1955</td> <td>June 1956</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>June 1956 to April 1974 - <b>HQ at RAF St Mawgan</b> </p> <ul><li>Westland Whirlwind HAR.2 until August 1962 replaced by Whirlwind HAR.10s from August 1962<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198832_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198832-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td>RAF St Mawgan</td> <td>Cornwall</td> <td>June 1956</td> <td>November 1958</td> <td>Moved to Chivenor<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RM_Chivenor" title="RM Chivenor">RAF Chivenor</a></td> <td>Devon</td> <td>November 1958</td> <td>April 1974</td> <td>moved from St Mawgan<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Felixstowe" title="RAF Felixstowe">RAF Felixstowe</a></td> <td>Suffolk</td> <td>June 1956</td> <td>May 1961</td> <td>disbanded<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Tangmere" title="RAF Tangmere">RAF Tangmere</a></td> <td>West Sussex</td> <td>June 1961</td> <td>February 1973</td> <td>reformed, disbanded. </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Coltishall" title="RAF Coltishall">RAF Coltishall</a></td> <td>Norfolk</td> <td>April 1973</td> <td>April 1974</td> <td>reformed<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td>RAF Valley</td> <td>Anglesey</td> <td>June 1956</td> <td>April 1974</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>D</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Manston" title="RAF Manston">RAF Manston</a></td> <td>Kent</td> <td>July 1961</td> <td>March 1969<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td>RAF St Mawgan</td> <td>Cornwall</td> <td>October 1956<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td>preparation for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Grapple" title="Operation Grapple">Operation Grapple</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td>RAF Thorney Island</td> <td>Hampshire</td> <td></td> <td>December 1959</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>April 1974 to January 1976 - <b>HQ at RAF Thorney Island</b> </p> <ul><li>Whirlwind HAR.10<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198832_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198832-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td>RAF Chivenor</td> <td>Devon</td> <td>April 1974</td> <td>January 1976</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td>RAF Coltishall</td> <td>Norfolk</td> <td>April 1974</td> <td>January 1976</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td>RAF Valley</td> <td>Anglesey</td> <td>April 1974</td> <td>January 1976</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cawdor_Barracks" title="Cawdor Barracks">RAF Brawdy</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Pembrokeshire</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Leuchars" title="RAF Leuchars">RAF Leuchars</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Fife</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>January 1976 to June 1976 - <b>HQ at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Finningley" title="RAF Finningley">RAF Finningley</a></b> </p> <ul><li>Whirlwind HAR.10<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198832_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198832-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td>RAF Chivenor</td> <td>Devon</td> <td>January 1976</td> <td>June 1976</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td>RAF Coltishall</td> <td>Norfolk</td> <td>January 1976</td> <td>April 1976</td> <td>moved to Leuchars<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Leuchars" title="RAF Leuchars">RAF Leuchars</a></td> <td>Fife</td> <td>April 1976</td> <td>June 1976</td> <td>from Coltishall<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td>RAF Valley</td> <td>Anglesey</td> <td>January 1976</td> <td>June 1976</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td>RAF Brawdy</td> <td>Pembrokeshire</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td>RAF Manston</td> <td>Kent</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Leconfield" title="RAF Leconfield">RAF Leconfield</a></td> <td>East Riding of Yorkshire</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westland_Wessex_HAR.2_XR518_22_Sq_Valley_FINN_30.07.77_edited-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Westland_Wessex_HAR.2_XR518_22_Sq_Valley_FINN_30.07.77_edited-2.jpg/220px-Westland_Wessex_HAR.2_XR518_22_Sq_Valley_FINN_30.07.77_edited-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Westland_Wessex_HAR.2_XR518_22_Sq_Valley_FINN_30.07.77_edited-2.jpg/330px-Westland_Wessex_HAR.2_XR518_22_Sq_Valley_FINN_30.07.77_edited-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Westland_Wessex_HAR.2_XR518_22_Sq_Valley_FINN_30.07.77_edited-2.jpg/440px-Westland_Wessex_HAR.2_XR518_22_Sq_Valley_FINN_30.07.77_edited-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="709" /></a><figcaption>22 Squadron Westland Wessex HAR.2 on display at RAF Finningley in 1977.</figcaption></figure> <p>June 1976 to December 1992<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> - <b>HQ at RAF Finningley</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wessex" title="Westland Wessex">Westland Wessex</a> HAR.2<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198832_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198832-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199491_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199491-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>HQ</td> <td>RAF Finningley</td> <td>South Yorkshire</td> <td></td> <td>1 October 1992</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199514_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199514-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>HQ</td> <td>RAF St Mawgan</td> <td>Cornwall</td> <td>1 October 1992</td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199514_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199514-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td>RAF Chivenor</td> <td>Devon</td> <td>June 1976</td> <td>December 1992</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td>RAF Leuchars</td> <td>Fife</td> <td>June 1976</td> <td>December 1992</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199512_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199512-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td>RAF Valley</td> <td>Anglesey</td> <td>June 1976</td> <td>December 1992</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1990100_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1990100-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199514_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199514-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>D</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Defence_School_of_Transport" title="Defence School of Transport">RAF Leconfield</a></td> <td>East Riding of Yorkshire</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199491_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199491-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>E</td> <td>RAF Manston</td> <td>Kent</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199491_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199491-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>E</td> <td>RAF Coltishall</td> <td>Norfolk</td> <td></td> <td>December 1992</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson19959_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson19959-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>December 1992 to September 1997 - <b>HQ at RAF St Mawgan</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201_11-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Westland Wessex HAR.2<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201_11-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Westland Sea King HAR.3 from June 1994<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201_11-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Westland Sea King HAR.3A from May 1997<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201_11-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005201-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>HQ</td> <td>RAF St Mawgan</td> <td>Cornwall</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199513_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199513-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td>RM Chivenor</td> <td>Devon</td> <td>December 1992</td> <td></td> <td>Sea King's from disbanded B Flight, 202 Sqn<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199524_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199524-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from June 1994<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td>RAF Leuchars</td> <td>Fife</td> <td>December 1992</td> <td>March 1994</td> <td>disbanded<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wattisham_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Wattisham Airfield">Wattisham Airfield</a></td> <td>Suffolk</td> <td>18 July 1994</td> <td></td> <td>Sea King's from disbanded C Flight, 202 Sqn<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199530_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199530-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td>RAF Valley</td> <td>Anglesey</td> <td>December 1992</td> <td>September 1997</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199524_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199524-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>E</td> <td>RAF Coltishall</td> <td>Norfolk</td> <td>December 1992</td> <td>21 July 1994</td> <td>disbanded<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson19959_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson19959-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>September 1997 to unknown - <b>HQ at RMB Chivenor</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Westland Sea King HAR.3/3A</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>base</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RM_Chivenor" title="RM Chivenor">RM Chivenor</a></td> <td>Devon</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>HAR.3A<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wattisham_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Wattisham Airfield">Wattisham Airfield</a></td> <td>Suffolk</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>HAR.3A<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td>RAF Valley</td> <td>Anglesey</td> <td>September 1997</td> <td></td> <td>HAR.3<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202_10-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005202-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Unknown to October 2015 - <b>HQ at RAF Valley</b> </p> <ul><li>Westland Sea King HAR.3/3A</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>base</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RM_Chivenor" title="RM Chivenor">RM Chivenor</a></td> <td>Devon</td> <td></td> <td>October 2015</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wattisham_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Wattisham Airfield">Wattisham Airfield</a></td> <td>Suffolk</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td>RAF Valley</td> <td>Anglesey</td> <td></td> <td>July 2015</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No._110_Squadron_RAF">No. 110 Squadron RAF</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: No. 110 Squadron RAF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>3 June 1959 to 15 February 1971 - <b>HQ at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Kuala_Lumpur" title="RAF Kuala Lumpur">RAF Kuala Lumpur</a></b> </p> <ul><li>Whirlwind HC.4/HAR.10 and Sycamore HR.13 (April 1960-October 1964)</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>base</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td>Nanga Gaat</td> <td>Borneo</td> <td>1963</td> <td>November 1967</td> <td>Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brunei_Darussalam" class="mw-redirect" title="Brunei Darussalam">Brunei Darussalam</a></td> <td>1963</td> <td>November 1967</td> <td>Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No._202_Squadron_RAF">No. 202 Squadron RAF</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: No. 202 Squadron RAF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westland_Whirlwind_HAR.10_XD165_COLT_18.09.71_edited-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Westland_Whirlwind_HAR.10_XD165_COLT_18.09.71_edited-2.jpg/220px-Westland_Whirlwind_HAR.10_XD165_COLT_18.09.71_edited-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Westland_Whirlwind_HAR.10_XD165_COLT_18.09.71_edited-2.jpg/330px-Westland_Whirlwind_HAR.10_XD165_COLT_18.09.71_edited-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Westland_Whirlwind_HAR.10_XD165_COLT_18.09.71_edited-2.jpg/440px-Westland_Whirlwind_HAR.10_XD165_COLT_18.09.71_edited-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="687" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Westland_Whirlwind_(helicopter)" title="Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)">Westland Whirlwind HAR.10</a> of 202 Squadron at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Coltishall" title="RAF Coltishall">RAF Coltishall</a> in 1971.</figcaption></figure> <p>August 1964 to September 1976 - <b>HQ at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Leconfield" title="RAF Leconfield">RAF Leconfield</a></b> </p> <ul><li>Whirlwind HAR.10</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Acklington" title="RAF Acklington">RAF Acklington</a></td> <td>Northumberland</td> <td>September 1974</td> <td>21 October 1975</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Boulmer" title="RAF Boulmer">RAF Boulmer</a></td> <td>Northumberland</td> <td>21 October 1975</td> <td>September 1976</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Coltishall" title="RAF Coltishall">RAF Coltishall</a></td> <td>Norfolk</td> <td>1973</td> <td>September 1976</td> <td>previously D Flight<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>D</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Coltishall" title="RAF Coltishall">RAF Coltishall</a></td> <td>Norfolk</td> <td>August 1964</td> <td>April 1973</td> <td>disbanded<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>D</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Coltishall" title="RAF Coltishall">RAF Coltishall</a></td> <td>Norfolk</td> <td>September 1973</td> <td>1973</td> <td>became C Flight<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>D</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lossiemouth" title="RAF Lossiemouth">RAF Lossiemouth</a></td> <td>Moray</td> <td>18 February 1973</td> <td>September 1976</td> <td>previously B Flight, 22 Sqn<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leuchars_Station" title="Leuchars Station">RAF Leuchars</a></td> <td>Fife</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198868_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198868-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ouston" title="RAF Ouston">RAF Ouston</a></td> <td>Northumberland</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198868_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198868-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>September 1976 to 1 December 1992<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199530_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199530-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> - <b>HQ at RAF Finningley</b> </p> <ul><li>Whirlwind HAR.10 until November 1979, <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Westland Sea King</a> HAR.3 and <a href="/wiki/Westland_Wessex" title="Westland Wessex">Westland Wessex HAR.2</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td>RAF Boulmer</td> <td>Northumberland</td> <td>July 1978</td> <td>December 1992</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1990100_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1990100-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213_23-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cawdor_Barracks" title="Cawdor Barracks">RAF Brawdy</a></td> <td>Pembrokeshire</td> <td></td> <td>1989</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1990100_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1990100-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td>RAF Coltishall</td> <td>Norfolk</td> <td>July 1978</td> <td>1982</td> <td>moved to the <a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213_23-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Port_Stanley_Airport" title="Port Stanley Airport">RAF Stanley</a></td> <td>Falkland Islands</td> <td>1982</td> <td>August 1983</td> <td>became <a href="/wiki/No._1564_Flight_RAF" title="No. 1564 Flight RAF">No. 1564 Flight RAF</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007127_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007127-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td>RAF Manston</td> <td>Kent</td> <td></td> <td>December 1992</td> <td>active 1989 during Marchioness disaster<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarch199082_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarch199082-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>D</td> <td>RAF Lossiemouth</td> <td>Moray</td> <td>July 1978</td> <td>December 1992</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213_23-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>E</td> <td>RAF Leconfield</td> <td>East Riding of Yorkshire</td> <td>November 1988</td> <td>December 1992</td> <td>previously D Flight, 22 Sqn<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213_23-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>1 December 1992<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199530_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199530-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to April 2008 - <b>HQ at RAF Boulmer</b> </p> <ul><li>Westland Sea King HAR.3<sup id="cite_ref-RAF202_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF202-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td>RAF Boulmer</td> <td>Northumberland</td> <td>December 1992</td> <td>April 2008</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213_23-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td>RAF Brawdy</td> <td>Pembrokeshire</td> <td>1989</td> <td>1 April 1994</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199515_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199515-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td>RAF Chivenor</td> <td>Devon</td> <td>1 April 1994</td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199515_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199515-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td>RAF Manston</td> <td>Kent</td> <td>December 1992</td> <td>18 July 1994</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199516_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199516-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>D</td> <td>RAF Lossiemouth</td> <td>Moray</td> <td>December 1992</td> <td>April 2008</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199530_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199530-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>E</td> <td>RAF Leconfield</td> <td>East Yorkshire</td> <td>December 1992</td> <td>April 2008</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213_23-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFlack2005213-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>April 2008 to October 2015 - <b>HQ at RAF Valley</b> </p> <ul><li>Westland Sea King HAR.3<sup id="cite_ref-RAF202_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF202-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td>RAF Boulmer</td> <td>Northumberland</td> <td>April 2008</td> <td>October 2015</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>D</td> <td>RAF Lossiemouth</td> <td>Moray</td> <td>April 2008</td> <td>April 2015</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>E</td> <td>RAF Leconfield</td> <td>East Yorkshire</td> <td>April 2008</td> <td>March 2015</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No._228_Squadron_RAF">No. 228 Squadron RAF</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: No. 228 Squadron RAF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>September 1959 to August 1964 - <b>HQ at RAF Leconfield</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Sycamore" title="Bristol Sycamore">Bristol Sycamore</a> and Westland Whirlwind</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Aldergrove" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Aldergrove">RAF Aldergrove</a></td> <td>Co. Antrim</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>flight became <a href="/wiki/No._118_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 118 Squadron RAF">118 Sqn</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Disbanded into 202 Squadron. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No._275_Squadron_RAF">No. 275 Squadron RAF</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: No. 275 Squadron RAF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>15 October 1941 to April 1944 - <b>HQ at RAF Valley</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Lysander" title="Westland Lysander">Westland Lysander</a>, <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus" title="Supermarine Walrus">Supermarine Walrus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boulton_Paul_Defiant" title="Boulton Paul Defiant">Boulton Paul Defiant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Anson</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Andreas" title="RAF Andreas">RAF Andreas</a></td> <td>Isle of Man</td> <td>30 November 1941</td> <td>25 Apr 1944</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Eglinton" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Eglinton">RAF Eglinton</a></td> <td>Co. Londonderry</td> <td>30 May 1943</td> <td>14 Apr 1944</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>April 1944 to August 1944 - <b>HQ at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Warmwell" title="RAF Warmwell">RAF Warmwell</a></b> </p><p>7 August 1944 to 18 October 1944 - <b>HQ at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bolt_Head" title="RAF Bolt Head">RAF Bolt Head</a></b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Portreath" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Portreath">RAF Portreath</a></td> <td>Cornwall</td> <td>7 August 1944</td> <td>18 October 1944</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>18 October 1944 to 10 January 1945 - <b>HQ at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Exeter" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Exeter">RAF Exeter</a></b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td>RAF Portreath</td> <td>Cornwall</td> <td>18 October 1944</td> <td>10 January 1945</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td>RAF Bolt Head</td> <td>Devon</td> <td>18 October 1944</td> <td>10 January 1945</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>10 January 1945 to 15 February 1945 - <b>HQ at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Harrowbeer" title="RAF Harrowbeer">RAF Harrowbeer</a></b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td>RAF Portreath</td> <td>Cornwall</td> <td>10 January 1945</td> <td>15 February 1945</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td>RAF Bolt Head</td> <td>Devon</td> <td>10 January 1945</td> <td>15 February 1945</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Disbanded between 1945 and 1953. </p><p>1 March 1953 to 18 November 1954 - <b>HQ at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Linton-on-Ouse" title="RAF Linton-on-Ouse">RAF Linton-on-Ouse</a></b> </p> <ul><li>Bristol Sycamore HR.13/HR.14</li></ul> <p>18 November 1954 to 9 October 1957 - <b>HQ at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Thornaby" title="RAF Thornaby">RAF Thornaby</a></b> </p><p>9 October 1957 to 1 September 1959 - <b>HQ at RAF Leconfield</b> </p> <ul><li>Converted to Whirlwind HAR.2/HAR.4 in March 1959</li></ul> <p>Disbanded into 228 Squadron. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No._276_Squadron_RAF">No. 276 Squadron RAF</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: No. 276 Squadron RAF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>21 October 1941 to September 1944 - <b>HQ at RAF Harrowbeer</b> </p> <ul><li>Lysander, Walrus, <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">Hurricanes</a>, Defiants, Spitfires, and Ansons</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">Vickers Warwicks</a> replaced Ansons from April 1944</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>base</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td>Querqueville</td> <td>France</td> <td>August 1944</td> <td>September 1944</td> <td>covering Normandy landings </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>September 1944 to unknown - <b>HQ at Querqueville</b> </p> <ul><li>Lysander, Walrus, Hurricanes, Defiants, Spitfires, and Warwicks</li> <li>Warwicks assigned to 277 Squadron in October 1944</li></ul> <p>Unknown to 23 August 1945 - <b>HQ in Belgium</b> </p><p>23 August 1945 to 10 November 1945 - <b>HQ at Kjevik, Norway</b> </p><p>10 November 1945 to 14 November 1945 - <b>HQ at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Dunsfold" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Dunsfold">RAF Dunsfold</a></b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No._277_Squadron_RAF">No. 277 Squadron RAF</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: No. 277 Squadron RAF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>22 December 1941 to 26 February 1945 - <b>HQ at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Stapleford_Tawney" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Stapleford Tawney">RAF Stapleford Tawney</a></b> </p> <ul><li>Lysander, Walrus, Defiant, Spitfire, <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Sea_Otter" title="Supermarine Sea Otter">Sea Otter</a>, and Warwick</li></ul> <p>Detachments at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Martlesham_Heath" title="RAF Martlesham Heath">RAF Martlesham Heath</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hawkinge" title="RAF Hawkinge">RAF Hawkinge</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Shoreham" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Shoreham">RAF Shoreham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Tangmere" title="RAF Tangmere">RAF Tangmere</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No._278_Squadron_RAF">No. 278 Squadron RAF</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: No. 278 Squadron RAF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/No._278_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 278 Squadron RAF">No. 278 Squadron RAF</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No._279_Squadron_RAF">No. 279 Squadron RAF</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: No. 279 Squadron RAF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>16 November 1941 to October 1944 – <b>HQ at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bircham_Newton" title="RAF Bircham Newton">RAF Bircham Newton</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">Lockheed Hudson</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Sumburgh" title="RAF Sumburgh">RAF Sumburgh</a></td> <td>Shetland Islands</td> <td>28 April 1942</td> <td>29 May 1942</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Benbecula" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Benbecula">RAF Benbecula</a></td> <td>Outer Hebrides</td> <td>29 June 1942</td> <td>1942</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Leuchars" title="RAF Leuchars">RAF Leuchars</a></td> <td>Fife</td> <td>15 July 1942</td> <td>1942</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Reykjavik" title="RAF Reykjavik">RAF Reykjavik</a></td> <td>Iceland</td> <td>26 July 1942</td> <td>15 August 1942</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td>RAF Thorney Island</td> <td>West Sussex</td> <td>14 August 1942</td> <td>15 August 1942</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chivenor" title="RAF Chivenor">RAF Chivenor</a></td> <td>Devon</td> <td>15 August 1942</td> <td>19 August 1942</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_St_Eval" title="RAF St Eval">RAF St Eval</a></td> <td>Cornwall</td> <td>23 August 1942</td> <td>5 February 1943</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Beaulieu" title="RAF Beaulieu">RAF Beaulieu</a></td> <td>Hampshire</td> <td>25 September 1942</td> <td>1942</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Davidstow_Moor" title="RAF Davidstow Moor">RAF Davidstow Moor</a></td> <td>Cornwall</td> <td>5 February 1943</td> <td>9 June 1943</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td>RAF Harrowbeer</td> <td>Devon</td> <td>9 June 1943</td> <td>14 December 1943</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wick" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Wick">RAF Wick</a></td> <td>Highlands</td> <td>28 September 1943</td> <td>1945</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td>RAF Reykjavik</td> <td>Iceland</td> <td>1 January 1944</td> <td>1 August 1944</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>October 1944 to September 1945 - <b>HQ at RAF Thornaby</b> </p> <ul><li>Vickers Warwick</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>flight</th> <th>RAF station</th> <th>county</th> <th>from</th> <th>until</th> <th>notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Tain" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Tain">RAF Tain</a></td> <td>Ross and Cromarty</td> <td>1 October 1944</td> <td>September 1945</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td>RAF Wick</td> <td>Highlands</td> <td>1 October 1944</td> <td>September 1945</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Banff" title="RAF Banff">RAF Banff</a></td> <td>Aberdeenshire</td> <td>31 October 1944</td> <td>27 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The colour of the location mark indicates the agency providing helicopter response (blue: <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a>, yellow: RAF Search and Rescue Force, red: <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Coastguard" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Coastguard">Her Majesty's Coastguard</a>).</div></div></div> <p>The RAF SAR Force headquarters was situated at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Valley" title="RAF Valley">RAF Valley</a> on <a href="/wiki/Anglesey" title="Anglesey">Anglesey</a>. In addition to the Force HQ proper, the HQ building housed the HQs of the RAFs two operational SAR squadrons in the UK (22 and 202), as well as the RAF Sea King simulator. SAR Force HQ controlled the SAR Force's three helicopter <a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons">squadrons</a> and one independent <a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_independent_flights" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights">flight</a>. These were: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 22 Squadron RAF">No. 22 Squadron</a> equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Sea King HAR.3/HAR.3A</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._202_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 202 Squadron RAF">No. 202 Squadron</a> equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Sea King HAR.3</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._84_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 84 Squadron RAF">No. 84 Squadron</a> based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Akrotiri" title="RAF Akrotiri">RAF Akrotiri</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> and equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Bell_412" title="Bell 412">Griffin HAR.2</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1564_Flight_RAF" title="No. 1564 Flight RAF">No. 1564 Flight</a> based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Mount_Pleasant" title="RAF Mount Pleasant">RAF Mount Pleasant</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a> and equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Sea King HAR.3</a>.</li></ul> <p>SARF's <a href="/wiki/Operational_Conversion_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Operational Conversion Unit">Operational Conversion Unit</a> was <a href="/wiki/No._203_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 203 Squadron RAF">No. 203 Squadron</a> also based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Valley" title="RAF Valley">RAF Valley</a> and equipped with the Sea King HAR.3. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coordination">Coordination</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Coordination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the United Kingdom, maritime search and rescue is coordinated by <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Coastguard" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Coastguard">HM Coastguard</a>, while land-based operations are usually coordinated by the local <a href="/wiki/Policing_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Policing in the United Kingdom">Police</a> force. </p><p>From 1941 until the end of 1997, there were two <a href="/wiki/Aeronautical_Rescue_Coordination_Centre" title="Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre">Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centres</a> (ARCC); at <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a> and at <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>. These two were combined in 1997 at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Kinloss" title="RAF Kinloss">RAF Kinloss</a> in the north of <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>. All requests for assistance from the emergency services throughout the United Kingdom (Police, Fire, Ambulance, and Coastguard) were handled at this single ARCC until March 2016, when responsibility for the service was transferred to civilian personnel of <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Coastguard" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Coastguard">Her Majesty's Coastguard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Privatisation_and_disbandment">Privatisation and disbandment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Privatisation and disbandment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Coastguard#Aircraft" title="His Majesty's Coastguard">His Majesty's Coastguard § Aircraft</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="locmap noviewer noresize thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"><div style="position:relative;width:200px;border:1px solid lightgray"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_Kingdom_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="RAF Search and Rescue Force is located in the United Kingdom"><img alt="RAF Search and Rescue Force is located in the United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/United_Kingdom_relief_location_map.jpg/200px-United_Kingdom_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/United_Kingdom_relief_location_map.jpg/300px-United_Kingdom_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/United_Kingdom_relief_location_map.jpg/400px-United_Kingdom_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1348" data-file-height="2083" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:45.755%;left:48.527%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Prestwick"><img alt="Prestwick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/8px-Blue_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/12px-Blue_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/16px-Blue_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Prestwick_Airport" title="Glasgow Prestwick Airport">Prestwick</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:84.875%;left:74.209%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lee-on-Solent"><img alt="Lee-on-Solent" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/8px-Blue_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/12px-Blue_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/16px-Blue_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)" title="RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)">Lee-on-Solent</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:79.961%;left:57.304%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="MoD St Athan"><img alt="MoD St Athan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/8px-Blue_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/12px-Blue_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/16px-Blue_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/MoD_St_Athan" class="mw-redirect" title="MoD St Athan">MoD St Athan</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:28.813%;left:52.67%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Inverness"><img alt="Inverness" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/8px-Blue_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/12px-Blue_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/16px-Blue_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Inverness_Airport" title="Inverness Airport">Inverness</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:80.481%;left:93.531%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Manston"><img alt="Manston" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/8px-Blue_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/12px-Blue_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/16px-Blue_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Manston_Airport" title="Manston Airport">Manston</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:23.204%;left:35.37%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Stornoway Airport"><img alt="Stornoway Airport" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Stornoway_Airport" title="Stornoway Airport">Stornoway Airport</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:9.322%;left:73.531%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sumburgh Airport"><img alt="Sumburgh Airport" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Sumburgh_Airport" title="Sumburgh Airport">Sumburgh Airport</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:87.993%;left:45.49%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span 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data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Humberside_Airport" title="Humberside Airport">Humberside</a></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:United_Kingdom_relief_location_map.jpg" title="File:United Kingdom relief location map.jpg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Planned operational locations of aeronautical <a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">search and rescue</a> cover in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> from 2017. The colour of the location mark indicates the type of helicopter at each location (blue: <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW189" title="AgustaWestland AW189">AgustaWestland AW189</a>, red: <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-92" title="Sikorsky S-92">Sikorsky S-92</a>).</div></div></div> <p>In 2006, the government announced controversial plans to effectively <a href="/wiki/Privatise" class="mw-redirect" title="Privatise">privatise</a> provision of search and rescue helicopters in order to replace the ageing <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Sea Kings</a>, although they have suggested that crews may, at least partially, still be made up of <a href="/wiki/Military_personnel" title="Military personnel">military personnel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC09May06_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC09May06-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2010, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Soteria_SAR&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Soteria SAR (page does not exist)">Soteria SAR</a> was announced as the 'preferred bidder' for the UK SAR programme.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 February 2011, days before the contract was due to be signed, the UK Government halted the process after Soteria admitted that it had unauthorised access to commercially sensitive information regarding the programme. </p><p>While this contract is being renegotiated, a 'gap' contract was tendered for the existing <a href="/wiki/Maritime_and_Coastguard_Agency" title="Maritime and Coastguard Agency">Maritime and Coastguard Agency</a> (MCA) bases, and in February 2012, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Bristow_Helicopters" title="Bristow Helicopters">Bristow Helicopters</a> would take over the running of Stornoway and Sumburgh using <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-92" title="Sikorsky S-92">Sikorsky S-92s</a>, and that Portland and Lee on Solent would be retained by <a href="/wiki/CHC_Helicopter" title="CHC Helicopter">CHC Helicopter</a> using <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW139" title="AgustaWestland AW139">AgustaWestland AW139s</a>. </p><p>In March 2013, the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Transport" title="Department for Transport">Department for Transport</a> announced that it had signed a contract with Bristow Helicopters Ltd to provide search and rescue helicopter services in the UK with operations commencing progressively from 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new service was fully operational across the United Kingdom by May 2019,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and will use <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW189" title="AgustaWestland AW189">AgustaWestland AW189</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-92" title="Sikorsky S-92">Sikorsky S-92</a> based at ten locations around the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Royal_Navy_Helicopter_Search_and_Rescue" title="History of Royal Navy Helicopter Search and Rescue">History of Royal Navy Helicopter Search and Rescue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rescue_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rescue (UK TV series)">Rescue (UK TV series)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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