Iraq
(asked on 1st September 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military capacity is available to support US air strikes in Northern Iraq.
This question was answered on 6th October 2014
The UK has a number of military assets deployed in support of the US-led humanitarian mission in Iraq, including Tornado GR4s with surveillance capability, a UK Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft, voyager air-to-air refuelling aircraft and C130s.
We also have a range of other contingent capabilities, some of which are assigned to ongoing or potential operations.