Over the worst periods of the floods, the three RAF Sea King crews rescued a total of 67 people. The crew of Rescue 122 from C Flight, 22 Squadron, RAF Valley, rescued 27 people over a marathon ...

An airman manning one of the last RAF rescue flights to leave Kabul has been lauded as a 'hero' after pictures emerged of him cradling the baby of an Afghan refugee too exhausted to hold her child.

The RAF is sending one in five of its helicopter crews from Britain's search and rescue service to Afghanistan. The crews will pilot helicopters serving British troops in Helmand Province. Helicopters ...

Since official records began on 1 January 1983, RAF SAR helicopters in the UK have responded to a total of 34,122 callouts and have given life-saving assistance to 26,916 people. RAF SAR Force ...

A dramatic Search and Rescue (SAR) mission that saw a Canadian seaman saved by a Royal Air Force crew, took place more than 200 miles off the Atlantic Coast yesterday. Canadian Frigate, HMCS Montreal ...

Two transatlantic rowers were successfully rescued at the end of last week after their vessel had capsized, and a Royal Air Force (RAF) Poseidon aircraft was an important part of the rescue efforts.

As the RAF Search and Rescue service is disbanded, Andrew English spends time with the last squadron and its Westland Sea King helicopter My wife used to cry when she saw the RAF’s Search and Rescue ...

The Duke of Cambridge's days as an RAF Sea King pilot are numbered following confirmation that Britain's search-and-rescue helicopter service is to be privatised. The £1.6 billion deal with ...

A British ex-RAF serviceman is seeking to restore a dilapidated RAF launch once used for search-and-rescue operations in Maltese waters, to honour the unit that had operated it. The boat in question ...

THE Search and Rescue helicopter service at RAF Valley will be privatised. Transport chiefs announced the plans to turn it to a civilian-only service by 2016, the year the existing Sea King ...