Ok... cat into the pigeon loft... go!
What is the MOD doing providing dedlicated SAR for anyway? Why not leave it to the Coastguards, RNLI, or whatever Govt department is seen fit?...
Because of Combat SAR... don't make me laugh? Can anyone tell me when, ever, dedicated UK SAR assets have been deployed into an active operational theatre... NO, didn't think so! In fact current theatre commanders, being sensible chaps, make do when the need arises with the various assets they have on hand (CH47 Puma, SKG4 etc etc)... so lets keep SAR a secondary task for SH... save the yellow paint and contracterise the rest?