Military Aircraft
(2) what the average number of (a) planned and (b) actual flying hours for the (i) Harrier GR7, (ii) Harrier GR9, (iii) Tornado GR4, (iv) Tornado F3 and (v) Typhoon aircraft was in each year since 2001.
[Official Report, 10 July 2008, Vol. 478, c. 1748-1750W.]
Letter of correction from Bob Ainsworth:
Errors have been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Woodspring (Dr. Fox) on 10 July 2008. In compiling the table the actual flying hours for the Typhoon fleet were understated because the data provided did not include the hours flown by 17 Squadron Operational Evaluation Unit.
The correct answer should have been:
There is no requirement to hold data on average flying hours. The planned and actual flying hours for fixed wing aircraft from all three services in each year since 2001 are broken down as follows:
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Jaguar Planned 12,543 12,996 13,260 11,247 9,156 3,576 0 Actual 11,877 12,007 11,440 10,348 7,185 3,512 1500 Sea Harrier Planned 5,633 6,219 6,219 4,491 1,980 2Out of service Out of service Actual 4,843 5,563 5,347 3,506 1,404 2Out of service Out of service Harrier T8 Planned 925 925 925 925 463 2Out of service Out of service Actual 682 595 656 592 338 2Out of service Out of service Harrier GR7/GR9/T10/T12 Planned 315,282 314,809 315,424 315,024 313,890 315,424 314,550 Harrier GR 7 Actual 12,073 12,079 10,527 11,768 11,110 413,010 413,231 Harrier GR 9 Actual Not in service Not in service Not in service Not in service 475 4— 4— Harrier Tl0/T12 Actual 5n/a 5n/a 5n/a 1,358 1,482 4— 4— Tornado F3 Planned 24,193 23,022 26,406 22,026 18,805 17,114 13,704 Actual 20,922 21,515 23,231 20,066 17,613 14,245 11,850 Tornado GR1/4 Planned 26,366 326,058 29,044 28,600 26,438 28,260 28,279 Actual 22,497 325,908 29,017 26,766 28,071 30,518 26,984 Typhoon Planned Not in service 399 580 1,260 3,380 8,438 11,700 Actual Not in service Not in service Not in service 345 2,160 5,735 9,656 Tristar Planned 9,561 9,561 9,561 10,561 11,191 11,561 11,561 Actual 10,824 10,603 8,879 8,657 7,693 8,398 9,008 VC10 Planned 11,550 11,550 11,550 10,550 9,920 9,550 9,550 Actual 12,345 11,413 13,145 10,773 11,814 10,452 9,670 Bae 125 Planned 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 Actual 2,403 2,526 2,553 2,414 2,393 2,391 2,636 Bae 146 Planned 1,080 1,080 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 Actual 1,195 1,052 791 827 1,026 1,303 1,085 Hercules C1/3/4/5 Planned 36,709 37,458 37,458 34,958 34,958 34,958 34,958 Actual 39,834 39,871 35,173 30,640 27,906 28,836 27,647 C17A Planned 3,000 3,000 4,000 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 Actual 3,377 5,745 5,592 5,727 6,375 7,087 6,921 Jetstream T2/T3 Planned 4,675 4,675 4,875 4,875 4,875 4,875 4,875 Actual 3,752 3,865 4,129 4,402 4,085 4,339 4,583 Jetstream Tl Planned 5,851 5,854 5,867 6Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service Actual 4,678 4,862 3,667 6Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service Canberra T4 and PR9 Planned 1,326 1,803 1,989 1,989 1,989 7Out of service Out of service Actual 1,255 1,239 1,083 1,084 889 7Not available Out of service Islander AL1 Planned 8n/a 8n/a 8n/a 2,759 2,760 2,760 2,760 Actual 2,228 2,302 2,396 2,112 1,908 1,857 1,621 Islander CC2 Planned 800 800 800 1,200 1,600 1,600 1,600 Actual 945 890 952 908 1,563 1,609 1,519 Nimrod MR2 Planned 10,689 10,580 10,580 9,980 8,000 8,000 8,000 Actual 11,042 10,387 10,759 10,898 8,060 6,882 6,634 Nimrod R1 Planned 1,743 1,250 1,915 1,915 1,915 1,915 1,915 Actual 1,536 1,302 1,356 1,220 1,385 1,160 1,415 Sentry AEW1 Planned 4,446 4,134 4,134 4,586 4,898 5,210 4,785 Actual 5,274 6,077 3,955 3,285 3,561 3,247 3,000 Sentinel R1 Planned Not in service Not in service Not in service 100 1,600 2,400 1,835 Actual Not in service Not in service Not in service Not in service Not in service 16 625 Dominie Planned 5,448 5,425 5,275 5,275 4,650 4,150 4,150 Actual 4,353 4,445 4,593 4,199 4,048 3,527 3,283 Hawk Planned 31,745 32,382 32,362 27,022 25,997 28,278 22,480 Actual 26,562 27,341 29,148 25,785 25,340 24,320 22,681 Tucano Planned 25,706 25,578 25,248 16,500 14,660 16,385 14,855 Actual 19,892 21,389 22,154 16,166 12,608 11,970 12,939 Bulldog Planned n/a 9Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service Actual 403 9Outof service Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service 1 Jaguar withdrawn from service August 2007. 2 Sea Harrier and Harrier T8 were withdrawn from service in 2006. 3 Harrier planned Figures are combined for Harrier GR7, GJA9 and Tl0/2. 4 Harrier actual Figures FY 06-07 and FY 07-08 are the combined totals for all Harrier variants GR7, GR9, T10/12. 5 Harrier T10/12 figures before FY 04-05 are no longer available. 6 Jetstream Tl was withdrawn from service in 2004-05. 7 Canberra PR9 and T4 were withdrawn from service by 2006. 8 Islander AL1 planned figures are not available before FY 2004-05. 9 Bulldog was withdrawn from service in 2002.