Paul Flynn – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of when the Afghanistan Air Force will be ready to function independently of US and UK support.

Mr Mark Francois

The Afghan Air Force (AAF) is trained in accordance with the wider International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) development strategy. ISAF envisages that the AAF will be at full operational capability with the required trained personnel, aircraft and equipment by the end of 2017.