Air Force: Fires
(asked on 26th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Bambi Buckets the RAF possesses for wildfire fighting and where current stock is located.
Answered by
Louise Sandher-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
This question was answered on 3rd November 2026
The Ministry of Defence currently holds 12 Bambi buckets for helicopter-based aerial firefighting operations. The equipment is currently held in the UK and Cyprus.