UK military safety oversight has been overhauled and a joint forces policy, regulating and auditing body has been created to oversee all UK military flying.
The Defence Aviation Safety Centre (DASC) replaced the Royal Air Force's Inspectorate of Flight Safety on 1 April. Although DASC oversees safety, overall responsibility remains with senior army, navy and RAF officers.
A senior Ministry of Defence official says, before DASC, only the RAF had an MoD-level safety organisation with the other two services having command-level groups. The formation of bi- and tri-service formations underlined the need for a single safety regulation body.
Source: Flight International
