I think you will find that it is an S92 which is going on contract for the HM Coastguard as the only Coast Guard with NH90’s is from Norway which is a quasi military organisation.
The S92 is much cheaper than the EH101 and fit’s the job’s well too. The South Coast location are getting AW139’s for Portland and Portsmouth area’s.:diablo:
Thanks for that Shipmate knew it was one off them 😮 So will we be getting a new Whiskey bravo and India juilet then?
i.e. S-92s for northern areas, and AW-139s for the shorter range southern areas
Why AW-139 can they even do SAR roles plus the Sourthen is not as short as you may think the other day Whiskey Bravo was called to Beachy Head from portland as India Juilet was busy else where and flew back to portland with the same fuel but does the AW-139 have the same range as the Sea King?
especially if the Pumas are withdrawn. A much better bet would have been either more Merlins, or something like NH-90s
The Puma’s are getting to be upgraded to MK2’s 😉 I think the Griffin would be a great replacement for the Super Lynx and be great for SAR.
The who Idea for Military SAR was if a RAF jet or RN , Army chopper crashed the SAR would be sent out and a Nimrod would be there flying above thats there main role the 2nd role is for Cillivans ( like the recent floods no HM chopper was sent only RAF ) I think We should keep Military SAR for many years to come as they deal with Land and Sea as the HM Coastguard just deal with the Sea.
James
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