Mr. Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Defence when the Phantom aircraft entered service with the Royal Air Force; whether the two Phantom squadrons to be retained instead of being phased out when the Tornado F2 is introduced will be squadrons assigned to SACLANT; and whether there will then be nine United Kingdom-based front-line fighter squadrons instead of the present seven.
§ Mr. BlakerThe extent of any possible redundancy will not be known until the changes being made have been worked through.