HC Deb 28 February 1996 vol 272 c537W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many front-line aircraft the RAF possessed in(a) 1979 and (b) 1996. [17757]

Mr. Soames

The number of operational, excluding training and communications, RAF aircraft at 31 March 1979 was 628. The corresponding figure for 31 March 1996 is planned to be 512.