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===Hong Kong=== [[File:GFS Super Puma on USS Mobile Bay.jpg|right|thumb|[[Government Flying Service (Hong Kong)|Hong Kong GFS]] AS332 L2 Super Puma SAR helicopter]] [[File:B-HRV.jpg|right|thumb|[[Government Flying Service (Hong Kong)|HK GFS]] [[Eurocopter EC155|EC155]] helicopter]] [[File:WessexHC2 28Sqn 1983.jpeg|right|thumb|Royal Air Force Westland Wessex HC2 SAR helicopter off Hong Kong]] [[File:RHKAAF Aerospatiale Dauphin 1982.JPG|right|thumb|[[Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force]] [[Aérospatiale SA 360 Dauphin]] SAR helicopter]] SAR operations are conducted by the [[Government Flying Service]] (GFS) and before 1993 by the [[Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force]]. The GFS conducts maritime SAR within the {{convert|400|nmi|km|adj=on}} radius of the Hong Kong Flight Information Region (FIR).<ref name="hksar_gfs">{{cite web|title=The Government Flying Service|url=http://www.gfs.gov.hk/eng/aboutgfs.htm|publisher=Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government|access-date=15 May 2010|date=14 August 2008|archive-date=20 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320052934/http://www.gfs.gov.hk/eng/aboutgfs.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2020, the GFS fleet consists of nine aircraft including:<ref name="hksar_gfs" /> * 2 [[Bombardier Challenger 605]] - for aerial SAR surveillance * 7 [[Airbus Helicopters H175]] - for inshore and offshore SAR Other civilian search and rescue units in Hong Kong include: * [[Civil Aid Service]] - works in conjunction with the Hong Kong Fire Services Dept and the air support from the [[Government Flying Service]], also provides [[mountain rescue]] service<ref name="hksar_cas">{{cite web|title=Civil Aid Service Hong Kong|url=http://www.cas.gov.hk/eng/info/info_trainsafe.html|work=Safety Training|publisher=Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|access-date=15 May 2010|year=2010|archive-date=3 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203025206/http://www.cas.gov.hk/eng/info/info_trainsafe.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Hong Kong Fire Services]]/[[Hong Kong Marine Police]] - various vessels and rescue divers - with air support from the GFS * [[Hong Kong Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre]] is responsible for coordinating other civil agencies in regards to marine SAR operations in waters around [[Hong Kong]] * [[Countryside Volunteer Search Team]]
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