F-35 Aircraft

(asked on 1st September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of monthly flight hours by F-35 aircraft was in each year since 2019.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
This question was answered on 8th September 2023

The average monthly flying hours for the F-35B Lightning and Poseidon fleets are given in the table below.

Financial Year

F-35B Lightning

Poseidon

2019-20

160

30

2020-21

140

80

2021-22

210

150

2022-23

180

190

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10

Poseidon entered service in late 2019 so the average figure is calculated on a partial year.

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