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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence where each of the air-to-air refueller aircraft held by his Department is; and if he will make a statement on the level of serviceability of each. [87919] Mr. Ingram: The following table show the location and serviceability of the aircraft of the Royal Air Force's Air to Air refuelling fleet at 0800 hours on 16 December 2002 and presents no more than a snapshot in time at that particular moment. All aircraft in 2nd, 3rd and 4th line maintenance are undergoing scheduled maintenance. Aircraft that are in 1st and 2nd line maintenance could be brought back into service very quickly if required. VC10 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Serviceable 1st line 2nd line 3rd line 4th line Modification RAF Brize Norton 3 6 1 0 0 1 Op. RESINATE 2 0 0 0 0 0 Munster 1 0 0 0 0 0 Akrotiri 2 0 0 0 0 0 Chateauroux 1 0 0 0 0 0 Falkland Islands 1 0 0 0 0 0 RAF St. Athan 0 0 0 1 0 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Tristar _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Serviceable 1st line 2nd line 3rd line 4th line Modification RAF Brize Norton 1 1 0 0 0 0 Marshalls (Cambridge) 0 0 0 0 0 1 Abu Dhabi 0 0 0 0 1 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Only six of the total of nine Tristar aircraft owned by the Department are air-to-air refuelling aircraft, the remainder are air transport aircraft.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

87919; 396 c810W;396 c808W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Air force Defence equipment Fuels Location Military aircraft

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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