AIR FORCE: MILITARY BASES

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which RAF bases were used for operational flying in the last 12 months; and which aircraft operated from each base. [82329]

Nick Harvey: The Information requested is detailed in the following table.


RAF unit


Aircraft

RAF Lossiemouth

Tornado GR4 and Sea King Mk3/3a

RAF Leuchars

Typhoon and Tornado F3 (until March 2011)

RAF Boulmer

Sea King Mk3/3a



RAF Leeming

Hawk T1

DST Leconfield

Sea King Mk3/3a

RAF Waddington

Nimrod R1 (until June 2011), Sentry and Sentinel, King Air

RAF Coningsby

Typhoon

RAF Cottesmore/Wittering

Harrier (until December 2010)

RAF Marham

Tornado GR4

Wattisham Airfield

Sea King Mk3/3a

RAF Brize Norton

Hercules C130J and C130K, C17, Tristar and VC10

RAF Lyneham

Hercules C130J and C130K (until June 2011)

RAF Benson

Puma and Merlin Mk3/3a

RAF Northolt

BAe146, HS125 and Agusta 109

RMB Chivenor

Sea King Mk3/3a

RAF Odiham

Chinook

RAF Akrotiri



Griffin


HAR2, Tristar and VC10, Nirnrod R1, Sentinel, E3D Sentry, Hercules C130


Mount Pleasant

Airfield, Falklands

Hercules C130J, Typhoon and VC10 Sea King Mk3/3a



RAF


Valley

Sea King Mk3/3a


Notes:


 

1. Includes established RAF units and permanent air bases in the UK, Cyprus and Falklands. 2. Excludes the flying training pipeline, operational conversion units, operational evaluation units and the Red Arrows.


 



 


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