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Written Question
Military Aircraft: Storage
Tuesday 23rd October 2018

Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2018 to Question 169313 on military aircraft: storage, (a) how many and (b) what models of aircraft are held in storage.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Aircraft held in storage are part of the Sustainment Fleet which includes aircraft undergoing upgrade or maintenance.

The number of aircraft available varies from day-to-day according to normal fleet management activities.

Figures for fixed and rotary wing aircraft as at 1 October 2018 are given in the table below. They exclude contractor provided aircraft fleets with the exception of Voyager which is included for completeness.

Aircraft

Service

Sustainment Fleet

Air Seeker (Rivet Joint)

RAF

0

Atlas A400M

RAF

5

Bae 146

RAF

0

C-17 Globemaster

RAF

2

C-130J Hercules

RAF

5

Hawk T1

RAF/RN

44

Hawk T2

RAF

5

Lightning

RAF

0

Sentinel

RAF

1

Sentry

RAF

1

Shadow/King Air 350

RAF

0

Tornado

RAF

9

Tucano

RAF

10

Typhoon

RAF

35

Voyager

RAF

2

Avenger

Navy

0

Defender

Army

0

Islander AL Mk1

Army

0

Written Question
Military Aircraft: Storage
Thursday 6th September 2018

Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft of each (a) model and (b) type owned and operated by the armed forces are in storage.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The number of aircraft available varies from day-to-day according to normal fleet management activities, aircraft held in storage are part of the Sustainment Fleet for undergoing upgrade or maintenance.

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