Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours the RAF fleet of C-130Js has flown in each year since entering service; and what the average cost was per flying hour for the C-130J in that period.

The first C-130J was delivered in 1998. The information requested on the C-130J is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

However, figures for actual flying hours from financial years 2001-02 to 2019-20 are given in the table below. Information is only available from financial year 2001-02 onwards and figures reflect the total C-130 fleet, irrespective of aircraft Mark, and therefore include the C-130K which is now out of service.

RAF C-130 Fleet - Actual Flying Hours

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.