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Written question asked by Angus Robertson (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 3 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 February 2015. A holding answer was provided on Tuesday, 10 February 2015. A substantive answer was provided by Mark Francois (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 February 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Air Force: Deployment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel are taking part in the Seedcorn programme; what the location is of each such person; and with what equipment such personnel are training.

Answer

The number and location of personnel and equipment taking part in the Seedcorn programme are as follows:

Location

No of Seedcorn Personnel

Aircraft

Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force Greenwood

4

CP-140 Aurora

New Zealand

Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Whenuapai

4

P-3K Orion/P-3K2 Orion

Australia

Royal Australian Air Force base Edinburgh

2

AP-3C Orion

United States

Naval Air Station Patuxent River

9

All P-8A Poseidon trained;

Additionally, for USN test purposes:

1 qualified on RQ-21A

Blackjack UAV

3 trained on the MQ-4C Triton

United States

Naval Air Station Jacksonville

11

P-8A Poseidon

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
223239
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Deployment Air force
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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