Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 11 October 2022.
John Healey
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2022 to Question 49064 on Hawk Aircraft, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the disruption to the UK Fast Jet training is minimised over the next three years.
James Heappey
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
Measures being considered include sending further trainees to the NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training programme in the USA; accelerating planning for No 11 Squadron (Joint Qatar/UK Squadron) at RAF Leeming to train RAF pilots from late 2022 until 2027; and working with allies and partners to examine whether UK pilots could be trained overseas, or where we might pool our resources, to mutual benefit.
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