§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the first Eurofighters will be delivered to the RAF; and when they will become operational. [52898]
§ Dr. Moonie[holding answer 26 April 2002]: The Eurofighter delivery schedule is being reviewed by the four participating nations and the prime contractor EF GmbH. It would be wrong to speculate on the outcome of this review, but we do not expect to impinge on our plans to achieve full operational capability during the second half of the decade. The recent flights of Instrumented Production Airport were significant programme milestones.