Air Command Secretariat

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Ref: FOI2020/06066

Mr Phil Miller [by email]

phil.miller.research@gmail.com

19 June 2020
Dear Mr Miller

Thank you for your email of 25 May 2020 requesting the following information:

“please search the records of the RAF and provide a breakdown of the
number and nationality of foreign military personnel who attended the
following courses or training institutes in calendar year 2019:

1. School of Aerospace Battle Management at RAF Boulmer

2. Electronic Warfare Training Range at RAF Spadeadam

3. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standardisation Unit (JFACTSU)

at RAF Leeming

4. No 4 Flying Training School at RAF Valley

5. School of Air Cartography at RAF Northolt

6. Defence Survive, Evade, Resist, Extract Training Organisation (DSTO)

at RAF St Mawgan

7. Chinook training at RAF Odiham

8. Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit (JADTEU) at RAF Brize
Norton (please specify all courses attended)

9. Force protection training at RAF Honington

 10. RAF Wittering courses on (a) Elementary Flying Training and (b) Multi-
Engine Pilot Training

11. Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT) at RAF Cosford

courses including (a) Joint Intelligence Training Group and (b) Defence
School of Communication and Information Systems

12. RAF Shawbury courses at its (a) Defence Helicopter Flying School, (b)
Central Flying School (Helicopter) and (c) Defence College of Air and
Space Operations (DCASO)

13. RAF Cranwell courses at its (a) Central Flying School and (b) Air
Warfare School

14. RAF Digby training institutions (a) Aerial Erector School and (b) Air
Warfare School signals unit

15. Typhoon training at RAF Coningsby

16. Air Battlespace Training Centre at RAF Waddington"

I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). A search for the information has now
been completed within the Ministry of Defence, and I can confirm that information
in scope of your request is held.

Please see below information relating to the number and nationality of foreign
military personnel who attended the following courses in calendar year 2019:

1. School of Aerospace Battle Management at RAF Boulmer

Nationality Number of Personnel

Czech Republic 10
Lithuania ~

2. Electronic Warfare Training Range at RAF Spadeadam

Courses are not conducted at the Training Range. The Range is used to support
exercises.

3. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standardisation Unit (JFACTSU)

at RAF Leeming

Nationality Number of Personnel

Czech Republic ~
Finland ~
Jordan ~

4. No 4 Flying Training School at RAF Valley

Nationality Number of Personnel

Kuwait ~
Qatar ~
Saudi Arabia 30

5. School of Air Cartography at RAF Northolt

Nil return

6. Defence Survive, Evade, Resist, Extract Training Organisation (DSTO) at

RAF St Mawgan

Nationality Number of Personnel

Belgium ~
Czech Republic 10
Germany 20
Italy ~
New Zealand ~
Netherlands ~

7. Chinook training at RAF Odiham

Nil return

8. Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit (JADTEU) at RAF Brize
Norton (please specify all courses attended)

Nationality Number of Personnel

(JADTEU) Netherlands ~
(JADTEU) Nigeria ~
(Tac ATC) Netherlands ~
(Tac ATC) Sweden 10

9. Force protection training at RAF Honington

Nationality Number of Personnel

Nigeria ~
Norway ~
Pakistan ~
10. RAF Wittering courses on (a) Elementary Flying Training and (b) Multi-
Engine Pilot Training

See answer to Question 13 for Elementary Flying Training (EFT). Nil return for
Multi-Engine Pilot Training.

11. Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT) at RAF Cosford courses

including (a) Joint Intelligence Training Group and (b) Defence School of
Communication and Information Systems (DSCIS)

DCTT at RAF Cosford

Nationality Number of Personnel
Brunei ~
Jordan 20
Kenya ~
Oman 10
Pakistan ~
Qatar 100
Saudi Arabia 180

Joint Intelligence Training Group: Nil Return

DSCIS at RAF Cosford

Nationality Number of Personnel
New Zealand ~
Oman ~

12. RAF Shawbury courses at its (a) Defence Helicopter Flying School, (b)
Central Flying School (Helicopter) and (c) Defence College of Air and Space
Operations (DCASO)

Nil return

13. RAF Cranwell courses at its (a) Central Flying School (CFS) and (b) Air
Warfare School (AWS)

Nationality Number of Personnel

(AWS) Australia ~
(AWS) Canada ~
(CFS) Jordan ~
(EFT*) Saudi Arabia 10

*Elementary Flying Training student numbers are recorded against 3 Flying

Training School (3FTS) at RAF Cranwell. 3FTS training is undertaken across
three sites: RAF Cranwell, RAF Barkston Heath and RAF Wittering.
14. RAF Digby training institutions (a) Aerial Erector School and (b) Air
Warfare School signals unit

Nil return

15. Typhoon training at RAF Coningsby

Nationality Number of Personnel

Qatar ~
Saudi Arabia 90

16. Air Battlespace Training Centre at RAF Waddington

Courses are not conducted at the Training Centre. The Centre is used to support
exercises.

In accordance with the Data Protection Act and our obligations in relation to the
protection of confidentiality when handling personal data, data have been
rounded to the nearest 10, where "-" denotes zero and "~" denotes a number
less than or equal to 5.

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Yours sincerely,

Air Command Secretariat