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Military Aircraft: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK personnel have been trained on jet aircraft in (a) the UK and (b) overseas in each of the last five years; and in which countries overseas training has taken place.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
10 Feb 2025
Answer
10 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK personnel have been trained on jet aircraft in (a) the UK and (b) overseas in each of the last five years; and in which countries overseas training has taken place.

  2. 10 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    In the last five years there have been 82 UK personnel trained on fast jet (FJ) aircraft in the UK and 22 UK personnel trained on fast jet aircraft overseas. Overseas training has taken place in the USA and Italy. Financial Year2020-212021-222022-232023-2...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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