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VP International donates £750 pounds to Moray First Response.

Photo shows Vice President Flt Lt Southwood presenting the cheque to OIC Moray First Response Sqn Ldr Nick Robershaw.

Why does Moray First Response exist?

The Morayshire region is a geographically large and rural area with a dispersed population.

Speed of intervention can often be critical when responding to 999 calls. Moray First Response creates an even faster response for patients and is co-ordinated with existing ambulance service resources. In a medical emergency it is often the simple first aid skills, like making sure an airway is clear, that save a life.

The vehicles can be seen out around the roads of Moray most evenings and weekends. Since becoming operational in July 2004, they have responded to over 200 calls.

There web address is www.moray-first-response.org.uk

206 Sqn - Based at RAF kinloss has disbanded

"Military cutbacks will claim a historic RAF squadron in Moray today. 206 Squadron at Kinloss is being disbanded as part of cuts ordered last year by Ministry of Defence chiefs.

Marching into history. Officers and crews of 206 Squadron on parade preparing to leave RAF Kinloss for the last time. This a time of major change for our defence needs and the Moray base according to the Air Force Board has to take its share of the cutbacks.

The restructuring here will see the size of the two remaining squadrons, 120 and 201 increased from eight crews to ten. For almost a century 206 has made an impressive contribution to operations world-wide including the Falklands and the Gulf Wars.

Hundreds of lives have been saved directly and indirectly through its Search and Rescue role. Its a legacy which its commanding officers say can never been disbanded or erased. This is the fifth time the squadron has been disbanded.

The future of RAF Kinloss is secure at least until 2013 but it's expected to be made clearer with the publication of a major airfields review in the autumn. " (Grampian TV)

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Kinloss to house RAF's new Nimrod

The new Nimrod Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft will be based at RAF Kinloss until at least 2013, Minister for the Armed Forces, Adam Ingram announced today, 11 March 2005.

RAF Kinloss is the traditional home of the RAF's Nimrod maritime patrol fleet. It has in place the required infrastructure and expert personnel necessary to accommodate the new Nimrod MRA4 when it enters service later this decade.

Minister for the Armed Forces, Adam Ingram, said:

"This is excellent news for Kinloss and Moray. The decision secures RAF Kinloss's future well into the next decade as the base becomes home to the Nimrod MRA4, one of the most sophisticated reconnaissance aircraft in the world."