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Military Aircraft

Answer

The Forward Fleet comprises serviceable and short term unserviceable aircraft. The Sustainment Fleet is also included below. The number of aircraft available varies day-to-day according to normal fleet management activities.

Figures for fixed and rotary wing aircraft as at 1 April 2018 are given in the table below. They exclude contractor provided aircraft fleets with the exception of Voyager which is included for completeness.

Fixed Wing Aircraft

Aircraft	Service	Forward Fleet	Sustainment Fleet	Total
Air Seeker	RAF	2	1	3
Atlas A400M	RAF	14	4	18
Bae 146	RAF	3	1	4
C-17 Globemaster	RAF	7	1	8
C-130J Hercules	RAF	14	4	18
Hawk T1	RAF/RN	39	43	82
Hawk T2	RAF	20	8	28
King Air 350	RAF	1	2	3
Lightning	RAF	15	0	15
Reaper	RAF	7	3	10
Sentinel	RAF	3	2	5
Sentry	RAF	3	3	6
Shadow	RAF	4	1	5
Tornado	RAF	22	18	40
Tucano	RAF	24	27	51
Typhoon	RAF	94	47	141
Voyager	RAF	8	1	9
Avenger	RN	4	0	4
Defender	Army	7	2	9
Islander AL Mk 1	Army	2	1	3

Rotary Wing Aircraft

Aircraft	Service	Forward Fleet	Sustainment Fleet	Total
Chinook	RAF	41	19	60
Puma	RAF	16	7	23
Dauphin	RN	2	0	2
CHF Merlin	RN	11	14	25
Merlin Mk2	RN	25	5	30
Sea King Mk 7	RN	7	0	7
Wildcat HMA Mk2	RN	24	4	28
Apache AH	Army	42	8	50
Gazelle AH	Army	19	7	26
Wildcat AH	Army	24	10	34

Gliders

Vigilant	15
Viking	73

Note:

The RAF does not differentiate between Forward and Sustainment fleets of the Vigilant and Viking aircraft. Vigilant was withdrawn from service on 6 May 2018.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

142886

Session

2017-19

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Written questions
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Subjects

Military aircraft

Contains statistics

Yes

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