As Mark Twain is supposed to have said: 'news of my death is greatly exaggerated' or as a pedant for the split infinitive - exaggerated greatly!
John Sergeant's recent - and totally navalised - tribute to the Sea King on TV might lead one to believe that military SAR is no more but it's still with us.
The transition to new aircraft and base changes this involves, is very much still to happen.
However, I very much hope that the services will make a great song and dance about the sixty plus years of military SAR.
Wander00 refers to Wessex/Whirlwind but don't forget Dragonfly and Sycamore before them. Nor should it be forgotten that the US forces have deployed their assets and to the Brits benefit as well.
There's a story to be told - I hope somebody, who knows what they are talking about, does it justice IDC.
Old Duffer