HC Deb 18 December 1997 vol 303 c277W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the(a) first and (b) last deliveries were made of the (i) Jaguar, (ii) Tornado F3, (iii) Tornado GR1 and (iv) RAF Harrier; and what is the life expectancy of each aircraft type. [20078]

Dr. Reid

The information requested is shown in the table:

Aircraft First delivery Last delivery Current planned out of service date
Jaguar 1973 1982 2008
Tornado F3 1986 1993 2010
Tornado GR1 1980 1992 12006
Harrier 1969 21995 2015

Note:

1 Those Tornado GR1 s which are being upgraded to GR4 will have an out of service date of 2018.

2 The first Harrier delivered was a GR1, the last Harrier delivered was a T-10. The out of service date relates to GR7 aircraft.

The Out of Service dates of each aircraft type are kept under review and are subject to change.

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