Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 63600

Air Force

Tabled: 30 June 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist PartyUpper Bann

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) expanding RAF operations at the Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove and (b) re-establishing RAF Aldergrove at Belfast International Airp

Answer

Luke Pollard
The RAF continually assesses its basing footprint based on operational need and the demands of its future activity. While the RAF is embarking on a significant programme of investment across its Estate, the increased use of Aldergrove Flying Station or th...

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