§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list, by aircraft type, the RAF's(a) requirement, (b) actual operating fleet and (c) the total number of aircraft of each type owned and leased by his Department; and if he will make a statement. [52132]
§ Dr. Moonie[holding answer 25 June 2002]: The information requested is set out in the table. The figures provided in the table are a snapshot of the situation as at 3 May 2002.
The Required Operating Fleet is the total number of aircraft needed to undertake the defined military task, the Actual Operating Fleet is the total number of aircraft available to undertake the defined military task and the Departmental Fleet is the total number of aircraft.
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MOD owned aircraft Aircraft type Required operating fleet (ROF) Actual operating fleet Departmental fleet BAe 125 ccMk3 5 6 6 BAe 146 ccMk2 2 2 3 C-17 4 4 4 Canberra PR9 4 3 5 Canberra T4 1 2 4 Dominie 8 10 17 Harrier GR7 51 54 74 Harrier T10 9 8 12 Sea Harrier FA2 26 28 49 Harrier T8 4 4 7 Hawk 98 99 132 Hercules C-120J 25 23 25 Hercules C-130K 25 25 34 Islander 1 2 8 Jaguar GR1a/3/3a 39 43 93
MOD owned aircraft Aircraft type Required operating fleet (ROF) Actual operating fleet Departmental fleet Jaguar T2a/T4 7 — 19 Jetstream TMk 9 11 II Nimrod MR2 20 20 21 Nimrod R1 3 2 3 Sentry E-3D AEW Mkl 6 6 7 Tornado F3 93 90 135 Tornado GR 112 112 168 Tristar 8 8 9 Tucano Mkl 71 71 126 VCIO 19 19 22 Rotary wing aircraft Sea King Mk3/3a 23 25 25 Wessex 4 4 4 Contractor owned aircraft Firefly 43 43 45 Griffin 9 9 9 Squirrel 41 41 41 Tutor 99 99 99 The RAF also operates the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, which comprises 10 fixed wing aircraft. The breakdown of this figure by aircraft type and number is detailed in the table.
Aircraft type Chipmunk 1 2 2 Dakota 1 1 1 Hurricane 2 2 2 Lancaster B1 1 1 1 Spitfire 5 5 5