Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Defence written question – answered at on 25 March 2013.

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Photo of John Hemming John Hemming Liberal Democrat, Birmingham, Yardley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what support the RAF is providing to the United States for unmanned aerial vehicle operations outside the UK.

Photo of Andrew Robathan Andrew Robathan The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence

RAF personnel routinely operate Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) alongside US personnel in Afghanistan as part of the Launch and Recovery Element for NATO international security assistance force (ISAF) missions.

A small number of RAF personnel are also embedded with 432nd Wing of the US Air Force at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada and the USAF Formal Training Unit, at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.

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