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Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 12 June 2009. It was answered by Bill Rammell (Labour) on Monday, 15 June 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Air Force: Manpower

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required and (b) actual number of pilots for each aircraft type in the RAF is.
Original answer

The information requested is provided in the following table:

Aircraft type Required Actual
C130J 133 130
C130K 73 79
VC10 64 51
TriStar 48 46
C17A 53 46
HS125 17 16
BAel46 10 7
GR4 134 129
Typhoon 60 68
F3 23 30
Harrier 48 48
Nimrod MR2 58 46
Nimrod R1 10 10
Sentinel R1 21 14
E3D 32 28
KingAir 32 27
Dominie 15 9
Tutor 31 46
Tucano 50 47
Hawk 97 84
Puma 96 85
Chinook 101 93
Merlin 75 64
Squirrel 18 16
SeaKing 89 74
Griffin 22 23
Augusta 109 5 5
Predator 8 8
Reaper 14 11
Islander 7 7
Total 1,348 1,347

It has since been corrected.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
494 c2W (495 5-6MC); 279958
Session
2008-09
Related items
Air Force: Manpower
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Written corrections
House of Commons
Notes
Corrected on 1 July 2009 at 495 c5-6MC
Subjects
Air force Staff
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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