Question follow-through · 63238
Rivet Joint Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Mildenhall-based KC-135s were deployed in support of the US Operation Midnight Hammer.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 26 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2025 · 5 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
26 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Mildenhall-based KC-135s were deployed in support of the US Operation Midnight Hammer.
1 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence does not comment on the operational activity of other nations, including third party use of UK bases. The UK was not involved in Operation Midnight Hammer.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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