Military Aircraft: Crew
(asked on 25th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full complements of the ground crew the RAF currently has available.
This question was answered on 31st January 2023
I have interpreted ground crew as Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel in Trade Group 1, which includes Aircraft Maintenance Avionic, Aircraft Maintenance Mechanic and Weapons Technicians.
As of 1 October 2022, the total number of personnel was 5,860 (rounded to the nearest 10).
This data covers trained RAF Regular personnel only and excludes RAF Reservists.