The Sligo and Shannon aircraft cover the west of Ireland for SAR.Very occasionally you will get UK military helicopters heading out to the Atlantic for "no reason" and stopping by Sligo, Shannon, or Blacksod for fuel. Have not seen it in quite a while though. The Sligo helicopter was called out to a grid reference a good number of years ago to do "nothing really". Was the most interesting job that year iirc. Those "no reasons" really are massive when they surface.
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Does that still happen/has it happened under the new contract? Now the Irish CG have the same range as UK SAR (and the same aircraft) is there a need for UK assets to go across to W of Ireland or does it become a function of whose SRR the job is in?