Question follow-through · 44684
Sardinia: Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force pilots train at the International Flight Training School at Decimomannu air base in Sardinia each year.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 7 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
7 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force pilots train at the International Flight Training School at Decimomannu air base in Sardinia each year.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
UK pilot training at the International Flight Training School at Decimomannu air base in Sardinia commenced in July 2023. To date, no Royal Navy pilots have been trained at Decimomannu air base. Six Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots completed their training at...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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