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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]
RAF Kinloss became home to the UK Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) in 1997 when the ARCC's located in Edinburgh and Plymouth were combined into one centre covering the whole UK Search and Rescue Region. The ARCC was responsible for tasking all UK search and rescue (SAR) assets such as RAF, Royal Navy and coastguard helicopters ...
A Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre or MRSC is a special type of RCC dedicated exclusively to organising search and rescue in a maritime environment. An MRSC usually is subservient to an RCC and is used to take the workload for a particular geographic area within the SRR.
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 ...
The Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Force (RAF SARF or RAF SAR Force) was a unit of the Royal Air Force (RAF) which provided around-the-clock aeronautical search and rescue cover in the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and the Falkland Islands, from 1986 until 2016.
There have been many units with various tasks in the Royal Air Force (RAF), and they are listed here. A unit is an administrative term for a body, which can be larger or smaller than a flight or squadron, is given a specific mission, but does not warrant the status of being formed as a formal flight or squadron.
Pages in category "Rescue coordination centres" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre; ... No. 1 Air Control Centre RAF; P. Pathfinder (RAF) R. Radio Warfare Establishment RAF; RAF Bomber Command aircrew of World ...