Two transatlantic rowers were successfully rescued at the end of last week after their vessel had capsized, and a Royal Air Force (RAF) Poseidon aircraft was an important part of the rescue efforts.

An Assembly Member has called on private operators to match the service that RAF Valley search and rescue crews have given the region over the past 60 years. Rhun ap Iorwerth, Ynys Mon AM, was ...

The UK Royal Air Force has reacted angrily to a BBC television report that claims that the age of its Westland Sea King HAR3/3A search and rescue helicopters is threatening operations and potentially ...

An RAF rescue team said they were “delighted” to rescue a cow stranded close to the Crammel Linn waterfall on Friday. The cow was rescued at around 6pm on Friday from a river bank close to the ...

The dramatic moment a sailor was rescued by two RAF aircrafts off the coast of Scotland was caught on camera. The sailor was struggling to control the vessel in six-metre-high waves after his yacht ...

Prince William is being praised for saving the life of a hiker after returning to his job as a rescue pilot just days after marrying Kate Middleton in a grand ceremony watched by millions around the ...

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LONDON — Britain’s Prince William has completed his first mission as a Royal Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter co-pilot, plucking a stricken worker from an offshore gas rig, his office said ...

It has been 63 years since a heartbreaking double tragedy which led to the formation of a heroic team of volunteers who ...

Police have launched an unexplained death investigation after two firefighters died in a huge fire at a former RAF base in Oxfordshire. Firefighters rushed to tackle the inferno at Bicester Motion on ...

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