No. 229 Tactical Weapons Unit

HC Deb 21 January 1971 vol 809 cc326-7W

Mr. Wilkinson

asked the Minister of State for Defence until what date he estimates that No. 229 Tactical Weapons Unit will be equipped with Hunter aircraft; and whether he foresees a rôle for this unit after they have been phased out of service.

Mr. Lambton

It is planned that No. 229 Tactical Weapons Unit will be equipped with Hunter aircraft until the latter half of this decade. The answer to the second part of the Question is, "Yes".