Air Force: Deployment
(asked on 3rd February 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel are taking part in the Seedcorn programme; what the location is of each such person; and with what equipment such personnel are training.
The number and location of personnel and equipment taking part in the Seedcorn programme are as follows:
Location | No of Seedcorn Personnel | Aircraft | |
Canada | Royal Canadian Air Force Greenwood | 4 | CP-140 Aurora |
New Zealand | Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Whenuapai | 4 | P-3K Orion/P-3K2 Orion |
Australia | Royal Australian Air Force base Edinburgh | 2 | AP-3C Orion |
United States | Naval Air Station Patuxent River | 9 | All P-8A Poseidon trained;
Additionally, for USN test purposes:
1 qualified on RQ-21A Blackjack UAV
3 trained on the MQ-4C Triton |
United States | Naval Air Station Jacksonville | 11 | P-8A Poseidon |