Tom Watson
Labour, West Bromwich East
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assistance UK personnel provide to the US operation of drones from the Combined Air Operation Centre at Al-Udeid. [R]
Andrew Robathan
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
The UK has around 40 personnel stationed in the Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) at Al-Udeid which provides command and control in support of operations in the Gulf and Afghanistan. This includes a wide variety of tasks and platforms eg strategic airlift to and from Afghanistan. UK personnel may support a wide range of combined operations provided these are consistent with national directives.
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