Military Aircraft: Storage
(asked on 18th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2018 to Question 169313 on military aircraft: storage, (a) how many and (b) what models of aircraft are held in storage.
Answered by
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Aircraft held in storage are part of the Sustainment Fleet which includes aircraft undergoing upgrade or maintenance.
The number of aircraft available varies from day-to-day according to normal fleet management activities.
Figures for fixed and rotary wing aircraft as at 1 October 2018 are given in the table below. They exclude contractor provided aircraft fleets with the exception of Voyager which is included for completeness.
Aircraft | Service | Sustainment Fleet |
Air Seeker (Rivet Joint) | RAF | 0 |
Atlas A400M | RAF | 5 |
Bae 146 | RAF | 0 |
C-17 Globemaster | RAF | 2 |
C-130J Hercules | RAF | 5 |
Hawk T1 | RAF/RN | 44 |
Hawk T2 | RAF | 5 |
Lightning | RAF | 0 |
Sentinel | RAF | 1 |
Sentry | RAF | 1 |
Shadow/King Air 350 | RAF | 0 |
Tornado | RAF | 9 |
Tucano | RAF | 10 |
Typhoon | RAF | 35 |
Voyager | RAF | 2 |
Avenger | Navy | 0 |
Defender | Army | 0 |
Islander AL Mk1 | Army | 0 |