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To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the types and models of helicopter in the inventory of the Armed Forces and elsewhere in the Ministry of Defence; how many there are of each; and how they are allocated. [HL891]
Details of the types and models of helicopters in the MoD departmental fleet, their numbers and role are shown in the table below:
MoD-owned
Aircraft type/mark MoD Departmental Fleet (as at 31/12/2008) Primary role Remarks Apache 67 Find/Attack Chinook Mk 2 34 Battlefield Support Helicopter Chinook Mk 2a 6 Battlefield Support Helicopter Chinook Mk3 8 Battlefield Support Helicopter Expected to enter service from late 2009 Lynx Mk 7 84 Utility/Battlefield Helicopter The roles of Mk 7/9 are in the main interchangeable Lynx Mk 9 24 Utility/Battlefield Helicopter The roles of Mk 7/9 are in the main interchangeable Lynx Mk 3 34 Utility/ ASW/ ASuW The roles of Mk 3/8 are in the main interchangeable Lynx Mk 8 34 Utility/ ASW/ ASuW The roles of Mk 3/8 are in the main interchangeable Merlin Mk 1 42 Anti-Submarine Warfare Merlin Mk 3 22 Battlefield Support Helicopter Merlin Mk 3a 6 Battlefield Support Helicopter Puma Mk HC1 43 Battlefield Support Helicopter Tactical movement of troops, weapons, ammunition and stores Gazelle AH 1 96 Command and Control Sea King Mk 3/3A 25 Search & Rescue Sea King Mk 4 37 Battlefield Support Helicopter Sea King Mk 5 15 Search & Rescue Sea King Mk 6CR 5 Battlefield Support Helicopter Sea King Mk 7 ASaC 13 Airborne Surveillance Agusta A 109 Mk 1/1a 4 Utility Dauphin (N3) AH Mk l 4 Utility Expected to enter service during 2009
Leased aircraft
ie Commercially owned military registered (COMR) or commercially owned commercially operated (COCO)
Agusta A109E Power 3 V/VIP COMR lease AS365N2 (Dauphin) (RN) 2 Training Support COMR lease Griffin Mk l/2 (Bell 412) 15 Training/Search & Rescue COMR lease Bell 212 AH Mk 1 7 Training Support COMR lease Squirrel HT Mk 1/2 (AS350BB) 34 Training COMR lease Sikorsky S61N 2 Logistics lift COCO lease