HC Deb 17 January 1967 vol 739 c22W
Captain Kerby

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the dependence of Royal Air Force combat aircraft on island staging posts for transits of the Indian Ocean in the 1970s will be on similar lines to the present system at Gan; and, in view of the fact that this system results in unserviceable aircraft having to wait for several days on occasions before spares can be flown in, what provisions he is making for stockpiling the necessary spares and fuel at the various island staging posts.

Mr. Reynolds

No decision to establish these facilities has been taken.