Army helicopters on standby at RAF Kinloss to help NHS amid coronvirus outbreak
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dailyrecord.co.ukArmy helicopters stationed at an RAF base in Scotland are on standby to help the NHS amid the coronvirus outbreak. Cabinet minister Michael Gove confirmed three RAF Puma helicopters are now stationed at Kinloss Barracks in Moray to meet requests for assistance from health boards and trusts across Scotland and northern England.
They will work alongisde a Chinook and Wildcat helicopter based at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire. A second helicopter facility covers the Midlands and southern England, working out of RAF Benson in Oxfordshire.
During today's daily Covid-19 press conference from Downing Street, Gove also announced the first new ventilator devices will roll off the production line this weekend and be delivered to the NHS next week.
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