Fife. The squadron moved to RAF Finningley during September 1976 with flights at RAF Boulmer in Northumberland, RAF Leconfield, RAF Coltishall, RAF Lossiemouth in Moray and RAF Brawdy in Pembrokeshire. The squadron re-equipped with Westland Sea King HAR3 from July 1978, but operated the Westland Wessex HAR2 as an interim measure whilst its Sea Kings were involved in the Falklands War of 1982. On the closure of Finningley in 1989 the squadron moved its headquarters to Boulmer and later in April 2008 to RAF Valley in Anglesley.The primary role of RAF search and rescue was the recovery of downed military aviators, however in peacetime, its aircraft were available for use in civilian distress incidents. Over 95% of the rescues carried out by the squadron were civilian incidents. Rescues included a wide variety of incidents involving casualties from aircraft, fishing trawlers, ferries, oil rigs, mountainous terrain, cliffs and the waters surrounding the UK. In 2006, the government announced its intentions to privatise the search and rescue helicopter service in the UK. A ten-year contract worth £1.6 billion was signed in March 2013 with Bristow Helicopters who would run the service from 2015 with new AgustaWestland AW189 and Sikorsky S-92 helicopters. SAR helicopter operations ceased in staged handovers from March through September 2015. 'A' Flight at Boulmer ceased flying in October 2015, 'B' Flight at RAF Leconfield in March 2015 and 'D' Flight at Lossiemouth in April 2015. Reformation In May 2016, the Search and Rescue Training Unit (SARTU) was renumbered 202 Squadron as the maritime and mountains training element of the Defence Helicopter Flying School based at RAF Valley and operating the Bell Griffin HT1 helicopter. After a brief pause in operations in January 2018, No. 202 Squadron was again reformed in March 2018 as the 'maritime and mountains' training Squadron of the DHFS (a UK MFTS venture) and re-equipped with the Airbus Jupiter HT1. Aircraft operated Battle honours No. 202 Squadron has received the following battle honours. Those marked with an asterisk (*) may be emblazoned on the squadron standard. Western Front (1916–1918)* Atlantic (1939–1945)* Mediterranean (1940–1943)* North Africa (1942–1943) Biscay (1942–1943)* See also RAF Search and Rescue Force 22 Squadron – the other RAF Sea King SAR squadron in UK 771 Naval Air Squadron & HMS Gannet SAR Flight – the Royal Navy equivalents 1564 Flight – Sea King SAR unit in the Falkland Islands Rescue – a 1990