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HMS Gannet SAR Flight is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron based at RNAS Prestwick in Scotland. It operates three Sea King Mk5 helicopters in the military and civilian Search and Rescue role across Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. The crews cover an area from Ben Nevis in the north, the Isle of Man and the Lake District to the south, east to Edinburgh, the Firth of Forth and the Borders, west to Northern Ireland and extends west of Ireland over the north Atlantic, giving an operational area of approx. 98,000 square miles.

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  • HMS Gannet SAR Flight is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron based at RNAS Prestwick in Scotland. It operates three Sea King Mk5 helicopters in the military and civilian Search and Rescue role across Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. The crews cover an area from Ben Nevis in the north, the Isle of Man and the Lake District to the south, east to Edinburgh, the Firth of Forth and the Borders, west to Northern Ireland and extends west of Ireland over the north Atlantic, giving an operational area of approx. 98,000 square miles.
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Garrison
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command structure
Role
  • Training
  • Search and Rescue
Country
  • United Kingdom
Current Commander
  • Lieutenant-Commander Andy Drodge
Caption
  • HMS Gannet SAR Flight badge
Dates
  • 1943(xsd:integer)
  • 1971(xsd:integer)
Unit Name
  • HMS Gannet SAR Flight
Equipment
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  • HMS Gannet SAR Flight is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron based at RNAS Prestwick in Scotland. It operates three Sea King Mk5 helicopters in the military and civilian Search and Rescue role across Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. The crews cover an area from Ben Nevis in the north, the Isle of Man and the Lake District to the south, east to Edinburgh, the Firth of Forth and the Borders, west to Northern Ireland and extends west of Ireland over the north Atlantic, giving an operational area of approx. 98,000 square miles. Personnel at the base consists of 15 officers, 11 ratings, 28 civil servants and 50 civilian staff. Gannet SAR also provides an important medical evacuation service to the many island communities and remote areas of Scotland. The crews feature regularly on the Channel 5 documentary series Highland Emergency. 2009 saw the unit break a new record as they were tasked to 447 call outs. This figure equated to 20% of the UK’s total military SAR call outs in that year. In 2010 the flight was, for the fourth year in succession, the busiest Search & Rescue base in the UK with 379 call outs. 2011 again saw the unit, for the 5th year in succession, as the busiest in the UK with 298 call-outs and 240 people rescued. In 2012 there were again 298 call-outs resulting in the rescue of 285 people.
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