UKSAR

The two new helicopters that will be covering coastguard duties in South Wales and the Bristol Channel have arrived at their new base at MOD Saint Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan. The Augusta Westland 139 Aircraft G-CILP and G-CILN landed today at 15:11 and 16:07 respectively. Both aircraft are [read more]

The first of two new search and rescure helicopters arrived at the new Bristow Search and Rescue (SAR) facility at Caernarfon today. The Sikorsky S92, G-MCGJ, is the first of two aircraft under Bristow’s new search and rescue contract. Previously, UK Search and Rescue in Wales was carried out by [read more]