Rescue 51

Storm 10

Just heard call sign Rescue 51 returning to the UK, Royal Air Force C-130 returning after helping yacht crews in trouble out in the Atlantic. Have not heard that call sign since the Nimrod retired

Negative_G

I wonder was a request made to the Air Corps and turned down.

An embarrassing state of affairs if that is the case.

notharrypotter

Negative_G wrote: »

I wonder was a request made to the Air Corps and turned down.

An embarrassing state of affairs if that is the case.

Why?

Storm 10

Negative_G wrote: »

I wonder was a request made to the Air Corps and turned down.

An embarrassing state of affairs if that is the case.

The incident was not in our area of operation, it had nothing to do with us it was a long way out and the Hercules was top cover, here is the story

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40234274

Negative_G

Storm 10 wrote: »

The incident was not in our area of operation, it had nothing to do with us it was a long way out and the Hercules was top cover, here is the story

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40234274

Thanks for the clarification.

The link would have been helpful in the opening post.

Storm 10

Negative_G wrote: »

Thanks for the clarification.

The link would have been helpful in the opening post.

Only found a link this morning to this story, had more to do than look for it yesterday