F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
(asked on 6th September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of when his Department will be able to deploy two operational squadrons of F-35s.
This question was answered on 12th September 2022
809 Naval Air Squadron is due to stand up in quarter two of 2023. Full Operating Capability for the Lightning Force is expected in 2025 at which point the Lightning Force will be able to operationally deploy both squadrons concurrently.