According to National Statistics'
UK armed forces equipment and formations 2020 the UK armed forces RW fleet in active fleet management, which can include aircraft in storage (to preserve airframe hours). Consisted of:
Apache - 40
AW109SP - 1
Bell 212 - 5
Chinook - 41
Dauphin2,3 - 2
Gazelle - 18
Griffin - 3
Juno *
Jupiter *
Merlin HM2 - 19
Merlin HCx - 21
Puma - 18
Wildcat AH Mk1 25
Wildcat HMA Mk2
21
* In service figures are not applicable for these aircraft which operate under availability contracts.
Originally Posted by
pr00ne
SLX0wft,
Pretty sure there was a tender out for a Civilian Owned Civilian Operated contract to replace 84 Sqn capability.
I had a recollection of that but 84 were still active last summer - I understood the aircraft are owned and maintained by Cobham but RAF flown.