Typhoon Aircraft
(asked on 7th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral evidence taken by the Defence Select Committee on 29 November 2022 on Aviation Procurement, HC 178, whether it remains his Department's policy to retire Typhoon Tranche 1 aircraft in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
This question was answered on 15th December 2022
The plans have not changed. Withdrawing the Tranche 1 aircraft enables the reinvestment required in the rest of the Typhoon fleet out to its out of service date.
On current plans, the bulk of the Typhoon Tranche 1 aircraft will go out of service on 31 March 2025, whilst four will be retained until 2027.