Sardinia: Military Aircraft

(asked on 7th April 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force pilots train at the International Flight Training School at Decimomannu air base in Sardinia each year.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 28th April 2025

UK pilot training at the International Flight Training School at Decimomannu air base in Sardinia commenced in July 2023.

To date, no Royal Navy pilots have been trained at Decimomannu air base.

Six Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots completed their training at the air base in 2024-25.

A further two RAF pilots are forecast to complete their training during 2025-26 and 3 in 2026-27.

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