From
Lusty's website:
A Busy 10 Days for Lusty
Having been directly involved with the evacuation on Thursday 20th when over 100 British Nationals were bought onboard by RAF Chinook Helicopters, the ship has since taken on the role as a Command and Control platform. With ships and aircraft from many different countries operating in the area the skies and seas have been full as the evacuation gathered pace. Operating Sea King helicopters from 849 Naval Air Squadron from her decks, flying up to 18 hours a day providing radar coverage of the area, Lusty has been instrumental in coordinating all the nations naval efforts.
This shows how important ISTAR assets are, and how MASC will be key to the future capability of the whole Navy, as the ASaCs Sea Kng is.