Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the lack of spare parts for the F-35 does not affect future flying hours of the aircraft.
Logistic and technical support for the UK F-35 fleet is delivered through the US F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) Global Support Solution. This continues to provide the required levels of support to the UK's F-35 Lightning fleet. The availability of spare parts and technical advice remains constant and within agreed and contracted target levels.
The JPO continues to forecast no impact from the Covid-19 pandemic on its ability to support the worldwide F-35 fleet.