Typhoon Aircraft
(asked on 7th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of placing the 30 Tranche 1 Typhoons in a war reserve rather than retiring them in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
This question was answered on 15th December 2022
The plans have not changed. Withdrawing the Tranche 1 aircraft enables the reinvestment required in the rest of the Typhoon fleet out to its out of service date.
On current plans, the bulk of the Typhoon Tranche 1 aircraft will go out of service on 31 March 2025, whilst four will be retained until 2027.