Military Aircraft: Decommissioning

(asked on 17th April 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned out of service date is of all Royal Air Force planes.


Answered by
Maria Eagle Portrait
Maria Eagle
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 29th April 2025

The out of service date for all Departmental owned fleets of the Royal Air Force is as follows:

Atlas 2050

C-17 Globemaster 2040

Chinook 2040

F-35 Lightning 2069

Hawk T1 2030

Hawk T2 2040

Poseidon 2045

Protector 2040

Rivet Joint 2035

Reaper 2025

Shadow 2030

Typhoon 2040

Viking 2028

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