Nimrod Aircraft

Defence written question – answered at on 26 April 2011.

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Photo of Madeleine Moon Madeleine Moon Labour, Bridgend

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) MR1 and (b) MR2 Nimrod aircraft have been withdrawn from service and destroyed in the last 12 months.

Photo of Peter Luff Peter Luff The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence

The decisions to withdraw the Nimrod R1 and MR2 were taken by the previous Government.

No Nimrod R1 aircraft have been withdrawn from service or destroyed in the last twelve months.

The fleet of 14 Nimrod MR2 aircraft were withdrawn from service on 31 March 2010. Three of the aircraft were sold for recycling by the Disposal Services Authority, generating receipts for the UK taxpayer.

Five complete aircraft, one nose section and one forward fuselage have been sold to Aviation museums across the UK, and one aircraft has been gifted to the RAF Museum in Cosford.

One aircraft was transferred to the Defence Fire training and development centre to be used for training. The remaining aircraft have yet to be disposed of.

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