Military Aircraft: Training

(asked on 20th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason trainer aircraft were included in the Combat Air Strategy.


Answered by
Stuart Andrew Portrait
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 25th March 2019

The Combat Air Strategy does not include trainer aircraft.

Combat Air is defined in the Strategy as "an aircraft, manned or unmanned, whose prime function is to conduct air-to-air and/or air-to-surface combat operations in a hostile and/or contested environment, whilst having the ability to concurrently conduct surveillance, reconnaissance, electronic warfare and command and control tasks." Training aircraft therefore do not meet this definition.

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