Sentinel Aircraft
(asked on 15th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF Sentinel R1 aircraft were serviceable on the first day of each month of 2017.
The number of RAF Sentinel R1 aircraft in the Forward and Sustainment Fleets at the beginning of each month for 2017 is given in the table below:
| Sentinel | |
Month 2017 | Forward Fleet | Sustainment Fleet |
January | 4 | 1 |
February | 4 | 1 |
March | 3 | 2 |
April | 3 | 2 |
May | 4 | 1 |
June | 3 | 2 |
July | 2 | 3 |
August | 2 | 3 |
September | 2 | 3 |
October | 2 | 3 |
November | 1 | 4 |
December | 3 | 2 |
The Forward Fleet comprises serviceable and short term unserviceable aircraft. Typically, the short term unserviceable aircraft are undergoing minor works, forward maintenance or any other unforeseen rectification or technical inspection that can arise on a day-to-day basis. The sustainment fleet includes aircraft undergoing deep maintenance, upgrade programmes or being held in storage. The number of aircraft available varies day-to-day, according to normal fleet management activities. The above figures include Sentinel ZJ693 which was placed in long term storage on 1 April 2017