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Written question asked by Graeme Downie (Labour) on Friday, 10 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 October 2025. It was answered by Al Carns (Labour) on Monday, 20 October 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Military Aircraft: Deployment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many quick reaction alert launches there have been from RAF (a) Coningsby and (b) Lossiemouth in each month of 2025.

Answer

The table below details the number of quick reaction alert launches, in each month of 2025:

2025

RAF Lossiemouth

RAF Coningsby

January

1

0

February

0

0

March

0

0

April

2

0

May

0

0

June

0

0

July

0

0

August

0

1

September*

1

1

* To 30 September 2025


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
80561
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Deployment Military aircraft RAF Lossiemouth RAF Coningsby
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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