Defence written question – answered at on 25 January 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence
(1) how many times each (a) VC10, (b) C-17 and (c) TriStar that has operated in the Afghan theatre landed at the Camp Bastion Aerial Port of Debarkation in each month since January 2010;
(2) how many flights each (a) VC10, (b) C-17 and (c) TriStar that has operated in the Afghan theatre made in each month since January 2010.
No VC10, C-17 and TriStar aircraft are based in Afghanistan. The number of flights in support of Operation Herrick could only be broken down to individual airframe level at disproportionate cost, but is recorded centrally for each fleet.
A small detachment of VC10 and occasionally TriStar aircraft are based in the wider Op Herrick area on a rotational basis to support Air-to-Air refuelling operations over Afghanistan. They do not land in Afghanistan during these missions. The number of Op Herrick Air-to-Air Refuelling sorties undertaken by VC10 or TriStar aircraft for each month since January 2010 are shown in the following table:
Number of VC10 Herrick AAR sorties | Number of TriStar Herrick AAR sorties | |
January 2010 | 18 | 2 |
February 2010 | 35 | 0 |
March 2010 | 25 | 0 |
April 2010 | 14 | 0 |
May 2010 | 23 | 0 |
June 2010 | 27 | 0 |
July 2010 | 29 | 0 |
August 2010 | 29 | 0 |
September 2010 | 32 | 0 |
October 2010 | 32 | 0 |
November 2010 | 30 | 0 |
December 2010 | 29 | 0 |
TriStar and C-17 aircraft operate into airfields in Afghanistan as part of the Op Herrick passenger and freight Airbridge. TriStar aircraft land at Kandahar, C-17 aircraft land at both Kandahar and Camp Bastion. The number of TriStar and C-17 flights arriving at Camp Bastion and Kandahar in each month is shown in the following table:
Number of C-17 arriving Camp Bastion | Number of TriStar arriving Kandahar | Number of C-17 arriving Kandahar | |
January 2010 | 33 | 25 | 5 |
February 2010 | 40 | 21 | 4 |
March 2010 | 40 | 23 | 4 |
April 2010 | 39 | 20 | 5 |
May 2010 | 29 | 18 | 4 |
June 2010 | 42 | 20 | 4 |
July 2010 | 36 | 24 | 5 |
August 2010 | 40 | 24 | 4 |
September 2010 | 48 | 24 | 4 |
October 2010 | 48 | 25 | 5 |
November 2010 | 36 | 23 | 4 |
December 2010 | 38 | 13 | 4 |
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