Merlin Does JPR (Again)
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Hilarious, the Merlin did not 'do' JPR in the first place. It merely played around the periphery.
We, UK Plc will never do JPR, certainly not in its full guise. We do not have the cash or the assets.
We, UK Plc will never do JPR, certainly not in its full guise. We do not have the cash or the assets.
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Sir, we've got a pilot down in wierdistan....
Right.....where are the pilots that did that exercise that one time?
One is on leave and the other is in Kenya.....
Errrrrrrrr......
Shall I just call Pedro?
Yeah fcuk it....and Sandy whilst you're at it....
Here's your latte sir.....and a DSO.
Right.....where are the pilots that did that exercise that one time?
One is on leave and the other is in Kenya.....
Errrrrrrrr......
Shall I just call Pedro?
Yeah fcuk it....and Sandy whilst you're at it....
Here's your latte sir.....and a DSO.
Hilarious, the Merlin did not 'do' JPR in the first place. It merely played around the periphery
We, UK Plc will never do JPR, certainly not in its full guise. We do not have the cash or the assets
Joint Personnel Recovery iirc. We practiced it on 28 for a short period and had a small rock unit embedded within the squadron. Happy days, then it got pulled seemingly overnight.
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JPR is where full Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) assets are either unavailable or inappropriate and where personnel (and equipment), neither trained nor equipped for CSAR, become isolated.
JPR is where full Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) assets are either unavailable or inappropriate and where personnel (and equipment), neither trained nor equipped for CSAR, become isolated.
Fellow ppruners, thank you for your responses above.
My recollection was that although not specifically practiced, the skill sets acquired in SH training allowed for a limited SAR capability to be deployed when the need arose - and that in the days of the Whirlwind.
Interestingly, at Tern Hill (or Ternhill if you prefer) in 1966, a requirement to plug the gap between Chivenor and Valley arose on a Friday night. The solution was to put a pair of Sycamores on the task, rather than the Whirlwind. End result was a sporty couple of hours on a misty morning groping around the Oswestry area and further west - the last SAR with a Sycamore.
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My recollection was that although not specifically practiced, the skill sets acquired in SH training allowed for a limited SAR capability to be deployed when the need arose - and that in the days of the Whirlwind.
Interestingly, at Tern Hill (or Ternhill if you prefer) in 1966, a requirement to plug the gap between Chivenor and Valley arose on a Friday night. The solution was to put a pair of Sycamores on the task, rather than the Whirlwind. End result was a sporty couple of hours on a misty morning groping around the Oswestry area and further west - the last SAR with a Sycamore.
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Doesn't the USAF have an entire trade that's dedicated just to combat SAR? The PJ's. The training is so hard, they're classed as spec ops. There's a few good documentaries on PJ's are knocking around, including a several part series filmed in Afghanistan.
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In the Kosovo conflict I was at HQ 5ATAF as a Combat Survival Officer. What they wanted was Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR).
When a certain F117 driver ejected the response was Homeric. Satellites were moved. Eagles put up a counter air. Warthogs were on area denial. Pave Lows with Trap teams on board arrived and the whole thing rolled out on rails.
I salute the merlins but we don't do stuff like that.
When a certain F117 driver ejected the response was Homeric. Satellites were moved. Eagles put up a counter air. Warthogs were on area denial. Pave Lows with Trap teams on board arrived and the whole thing rolled out on rails.
I salute the merlins but we don't do stuff like that.
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It very much was a viable asset at one point and a lot of hard training by the crews and RAF Regiment personnel was carried out. We achieved BMQ the day before it was shelved by UK Goverment PLC.
Merlins pass CSAR trial - 3/28/2006 - Flight Global
Here's what you could have won which should answer many of the questions above:
http://proceedings.ndia.org/7040/19%20Bates.pdf
Merlins pass CSAR trial - 3/28/2006 - Flight Global
“28 Sqn demonstrated a viable JPR capability by day and night and this result will now be progressed,” says the UK Ministry of Defence. Based at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, 28 Sqn currently has four crews trained to undertake JPR tasks, with a plan to increase this total to nine.
http://proceedings.ndia.org/7040/19%20Bates.pdf
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Further to previous comments, Joint Personnel Recovery is the sum of military, civil and diplomatic efforts to recover isolated personnel (IPs). JPR encompasses SAR, Deployed SAR (DSAR), Combat Recovery (CR) , Combat SAR, (CSAR) as well as Special Forces Operations and diplomatic efforts (the last 2 are generally used for captured personnel, but not exclusively so).
The JPR mission undertaken in each instance is dependant on 2 things: firstly, the capability of the nation conducting the mission; secondly, the ability of the IP to receive JPR (appropriate level of SERE training). In other words, even if a CSAR capability exists in theatre, if the individual being recovered is not trained or equipped to receive it, a CSAR mission will not be flown - more likely to be CR.
Whether or not the UK has a declared CSAR capabiility, Uk aircrew are generally trained and equipped to receive it.
Further information can be found in JWP 3-66
The JPR mission undertaken in each instance is dependant on 2 things: firstly, the capability of the nation conducting the mission; secondly, the ability of the IP to receive JPR (appropriate level of SERE training). In other words, even if a CSAR capability exists in theatre, if the individual being recovered is not trained or equipped to receive it, a CSAR mission will not be flown - more likely to be CR.
Whether or not the UK has a declared CSAR capabiility, Uk aircrew are generally trained and equipped to receive it.
Further information can be found in JWP 3-66