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<p>The Department for Transport can call upon a range of assets currently designated
for search and rescue under 2.5 of Annex 12 of the Convention on International Civil
Aviation. These assets are set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Stornoway
Airport</p></td><td><p>Coastguard S92s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sumburgh Airport</p></td><td><p>Coastguard
S92s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF Lossiemouth</p></td><td><p>Sea Kings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF
Boulmer</p></td><td><p>Sea Kings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF station, Leconfield</p></td><td><p>Sea
Kings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF station, Wattisham</p></td><td><p>Sea Kings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MCA
Daedalus (Lee-on-Solent)</p></td><td><p>Coastguard AW139s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MCA
Portland</p></td><td><p>Coastguard AW139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RNAS Culdrose</p></td><td><p>Sea
Kings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF station, Chivenor</p></td><td><p>Sea Kings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF
Valley</p></td><td><p>Sea Kings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Gannet</p></td><td><p>Sea
Kings</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department can also call upon commercially
operated fixed wing aircraft based at Inverness and East Midlands Airports and a military
C-130 Hercules to support long range SAR operations.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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