MM4 thanks. The reason I ask is that in March last year I wrote to the Defence Committee questioning the ability of UK Armed Forces to conduct CSAR Ops, questioning the CSAR support provided to troops/airmen in Afg and asking if the US had agreed to provide CSAR assets. Ingram refused to disclose any information. I asked because I was close to an incident in the Kosovo war where no agreement existed with US about CSAR and my colleagues were subsequently left on the ground for hours watching the wreck of their aircraft burn. Since then work has been done on Brit capability in this area, but my concerns were not alleviated by the Govt response. I am acutely aware of not disclosing anything that might be of use to the enemy but I was alarmed by the photos of those very brave men searching for their colleague.