Kirsten Oswald – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsten Oswald on 2016-04-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours UK drones have flown over which countries in each year since 2010.
Penny Mordaunt
Since 2010, the UK’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) have operated in Afghanistan until 2014 and in Iraq and Syria from 2014.
The number of hours flown by RPAS in Afghanistan can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-herrick-afghanistan-aircraft-statistics
Since 2014, Reaper has been flying in support of Op SHADER in Iraq and Syria. It is not possible to breakdown Reaper flying hours by country for Op SHADER. The table below provides the total number of hours flown:
|
Year |
Total Reaper flying hours flown in support of Op Shader |
|
2014 |
1,653 |
|
2015 |
12,698 |
|
2016 (up to and including 31 March 2016) |
2,509 |
|
Total |
16,860 |
