United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 116525
USA: F-35 Aircraft
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17 November 2020
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23 November 2020 · Answer
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23 November 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether three of the UK's 48 F-35B Lightning aircraft will remain in the US as test or training aircraft and not be available for operational commitments.
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17 November 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether three of the UK's 48 F-35B Lightning aircraft will remain in the US as test or training aircraft and not be available for operational commitments.
Source: Commons
23 November 2020
Answer
On current plans, the three 17 Squadron UK F-35B Lightning aircraft, based at Edwards Air Force Base in California, will remain in the USA to conduct Test and Evaluation (T&E) during the F-35 Follow-on Modernisation (FoM) phase. They continue to deliver t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-17/116525
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1252720
- uk · wq-1252720 · source updated 23 November 2020