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F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 17 November 2025UIN 88003

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 5 of the Fifty First Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2024-26 on The UK’s F-35 stealth fighter capability, HC 1232, published on 31 October 2025, for what reason t

Answered by Luke Pollard

The decision to extend the out-of-service date for the UK F-35B fleet to 2069 was made by the previous Government.

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