Editing Search and rescue (section)

===Malta===
[[File:Malta - Sliema (Valletta Ferry harbour) 01 ies.jpg|thumb|The AFM's search and rescue launches ''Melita I'' and ''Melita II'' have been used for search and rescue operations since 1999.]]

The responsibility for SAR at sea in the Malta Search and Rescue Region falls under the [[Armed Forces of Malta]] (AFM). It is carried out by maritime patrol aircraft, helicopters and vessels under the co-ordination, command and control of the Rescue Co-ordination Centre.<ref name="MaltaSAR">{{cite web|url = http://www.sarmalta.gov.mt/sar_in_Malta.htm|title = Search and Rescue (SAR) in Malta|access-date = 13 March 2008|last = Search and Rescue Training Centre - Armed Forces of Malta|year = 2004|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081120141203/http://www.sarmalta.gov.mt/sar_in_Malta.htm|archive-date = 20 November 2008}}</ref>

The AFM, in close collaboration with the US Coast Guard, also runs a Search and Rescue Training Centre for International Students<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL7oPxdqvbM | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/fL7oPxdqvbM| archive-date=7 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=Search and Rescue training |publisher=YouTube |date=29 November 2007 |access-date=8 April 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> in Maritime SAR Mission Co-ordination and Planning.<ref name="MaltaSARtrg">{{cite web|url = http://www.sarmalta.gov.mt/sar_training_centre_malta.htm|title = Search and Rescue Training Centre - AFM|access-date = 13 March 2008|last = Search and Rescue Training Centre - Armed Forces of Malta|year = 2004|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081120140948/http://www.sarmalta.gov.mt/sar_training_centre_malta.htm|archive-date = 20 November 2008}}</ref> To date more than 30 foreign students from 15 countries including Albania, Cameroon, Croatia, Equatorial Guinea and Kenya have attended these courses.<ref name="USEmbassyMalta">{{cite web|url=http://malta.usembassy.gov/saramb.html |title=AFM SAR TC Graduation |access-date=13 March 2008 |last=U.S. Department of State. |date=November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225105545/http://malta.usembassy.gov/saramb.html |archive-date=25 December 2007 }}</ref><ref name="Brincat">{{cite web|url = http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=61285|title = Search and rescue training certificates awarded|access-date = 13 March 2008|last = Brincat|first = Erika F.|date = n.d.|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722222837/http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=61285|archive-date = 22 July 2011}}</ref>

Malta is also in talks with [[Libya]] about enhancing SAR cooperation between the two countries.<ref name="MaltaMedia">{{cite web|url = http://www.maltamedia.com/artman2/publish/govt_politics/article_4810.shtml|title = Search & Rescue meeting between Libya and Malta|access-date = 15 March 2008|last = MaltaMedia News.|date=January 2008}}</ref>{{Update after|2015|3|2}}