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Written question asked by Nia Griffith (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 July 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 July 2018 (named day). It was answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative) on Monday, 23 July 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


NATO: Military Aircraft

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 16 July 2018, Official Report, column 23, how many additional UK fighter jets are planned to be deployed in support of NATO air policing; which aircraft will be so deployed; and to which country they will be deployed.

Answer

The UK is currently supporting NATO Air Policing in Romania with four Typhoon aircraft for a four month period. Similar deployments are planned to Estonia and Iceland in 2019, Lithuania in 2020 and Romania in 2021.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
164955
Session
2017-19
Related items
NATO Summit
Monday, 16 July 2018
Proceeding contributions
House of Commons
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Deployment Military aircraft NATO
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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