Military Aircraft: Training
(asked on 4th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK personnel have been trained on jet aircraft in (a) the UK and (b) overseas in each of the last five years; and in which countries overseas training has taken place.
This question was answered on 10th February 2025
In the last five years there have been 82 UK personnel trained on fast jet (FJ) aircraft in the UK and 22 UK personnel trained on fast jet aircraft overseas. Overseas training has taken place in the USA and Italy.
Financial Year | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | TOTAL |
FJ Pilots trained in the UK | 24 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 82 |
FJ Pilots trained overseas | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 |