I agree with the folks who say that we are happy to depend on RN/RAF as we depend on UK for so many things - abortion, hazardous waste incineration, football players.
SAR is a NEED. We are apparently buying prop trainers instead - according to the Sunday Independent for air defence
- which we could live without another while I think, or contract it out.
Bluerabbit - Smith has replaced one recently announced programme [trainers] for a previously announced. Why not last in first out? Someone in DoD must like CHC...