Glasgow Prestwick Airport, is at the centre of a major training exercise which the Faslane-based NATO Submarine Rescue System and its support equipment are being transported to Bergen in Norway. It’s the first time such a massive exercise has been undertaken to test the readiness of the sub's call-out procedure. The three-day project – named Golden Arrow 11 – will use two C17 and three Antonov 124 aircraft to airlift the equipment which weighs a total of 460 metric tonnes. Glasgow Prestwick is the designated airport, should the submarine ever have to be deployed worldwide
Glasgow Prestwick Airport, is at the centre of a major training exercise which the Faslane-based NATO Submarine Rescue System and its support equipment are being transported to Bergen in Norway. It’s the first time such a massive exercise has been undertaken to test the readiness of the sub's call-out procedure. The three-day project – named Golden Arrow 11 – will use two C17 and three Antonov 124 aircraft to airlift the equipment which weighs a total of 460 metric tonnes. Glasgow Prestwick is the designated airport, should the submarine ever have to be deployed worldwide from its home base at Faslane. The submarine rescue vehicle is a manned submersible weighing 27 tonnes and has a three-man crew. In August 2005 six members of the rescue team used the submersible to successfully free a trapped Russian Priz submersible, rescuing seven Russian sailors. The Priz had become entangled in fishing nets and cables.
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Location: Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Alister Firth / Alamy / Afripics
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