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Old 15th Nov 2009, 18:41
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The days of SAR being mostly maritime are long since gone, due largely to the decimation of the fishing industry; the quantity of overland tasking has also increased with better liaison with civ emergency services and dropping the "Downed aircrew is the primary role" mantra, allowing a wider range of tasking to be undertaken.
If that's the case then why don't we put a SAR flight at Shawbury....?

I think you'll find that the majority of SAR jobs could be considered Maritime.
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