Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the out of service date is for the (a) Typhoon Tranche 1, (b) Typhoon Tranche 2, (c) Typhoon Tranche 3 and (d) Tornado GR4.
Mr Philip Dunne, Minister of State for Defence Procurement: The current planning assumptions for the out of service dates for Typhoon are: Tranche 1, 2019; Tranche 2, 2030; and Tranche 3, 2030. The current planning assumption for the out of service date for Tornado GR4 is 2019.
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