Typhoon Aircraft: Decommissioning
Commons · Question 38677 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of replacing retiring Tranche 1 Typhoon aircrafts with foreign-built aircraft on (a) BAE Systems sites at (i) Warton and (ii) Samlesbury and (b) the UK aerospac
Answer
Answered by Maria Eagle, 24 Mar 2025
The RAF's fleet of Typhoon Tranche 2 and 3 aircraft will remain at the cutting-edge of the UK and NATO Combat Air power until at least 2040. The decision in 2021 to retire our oldest Tranche 1 Typhoon aircraft was independent of the decision to procure Lo...