§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the squadrons whose crew have participated in flag exercises in north America since 1985, giving in each case(a) the date and name of the flag exercise and (b) the location of the squadron's work-up training prior to the exercise.
§ Mr. HanleyDetails of RAF participation in red-green flag exercises are not held centrally and information covering all of the period in question could be provided only at disproprotionate cost and effort. From 1988 however, the information requested is as follows:
Date Name Squadrons October/November 1988 89–1 Numbers 15, 16, 17, 56, 92 April1 1989 89–3 Numbers 14, 27, 617 April 1990 90–3 Numbers 16, 16, 31 April 1991 91–3 Numbers 1, 3, 4 January/February 1992 93–1 Numbers 2, 5, 9, 11, 29, 47, 55, 617 Details on Maple flag exercises are also not held centrally. The exercise takes place in May to June of each year, and RAF participation usually comprises either Jaguars and Harriers, which usually attend in alternate years.
Most substantive work-up training for flag exercises takes place either in the United Kingdom or at Goose Bay in Canada.