Question follow-through · 6830
USA: Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is facilitating United States aircraft at Belfast International Airport or Aldergrove Flying Station on missions supporting their military operations in Iran.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2026 · 7 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
4 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is facilitating United States aircraft at Belfast International Airport or Aldergrove Flying Station on missions supporting their military operations in Iran.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jun 2026
Answer published
Aldergrove Flying Station (AFS) routinely supports Belfast International Airport by providing additional parking on its estate for visiting NATO aircraft to separate military from civilian aircraft. This is coordinated locally between AFS and Belfast Inte...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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