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11/12/2014
MoD Announce Closure Of Kinloss Search And Rescue Centre
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced the closure of the search and rescue co-ordination centre at Kinloss in Moray.
Operations are to be relocated to the National Maritime Operations Centre in Fareham. It is understood up to 27 RAF posts and 10 civilian posts are to be affected by the closure at Kinloss, which previously co-ordinated RAF, Royal Navy and Coastguard search and rescue helicopters and the RAF mountain rescue service.
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Operations are to be relocated to the National Maritime Operations Centre in Fareham. It is understood up to 27 RAF posts and 10 civilian posts are to be affected by the closure at Kinloss, which previously co-ordinated RAF, Royal Navy and Coastguard search and rescue helicopters and the RAF mountain rescue service.
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