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The British Aerospace Hawk T1A is a modified Hawk T1, [107] intended to replace the Hawker Hunter in the RAF's Tactical Weapons Units. A total of 89 aircraft were converted to carry two underwing AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and a centreline Aden gun pod. [ 7 ]
A T-1A parked at Centennial Airport (2008) T-1A United States military designation for trainer powered by two JT15D-5B turbofans, 180 built. [3]T-400 Japanese military designation for the Model 400T powered by two JT15D-5F turbofans, also known by the project name TX; 13 built.
The Fleet Air Arm Hawk T1 of 736 Naval Air Squadron were due to be phased out in 2020 and the ASDOT programme would then have assumed training for the Royal Navy. Additionally it was proposed that the Hawk T1 aircraft operated by the RAF's No. 100 squadron would be retired from their aggressor role in 2027, with the capability provided by the ...
Short Tucano Hawk T1. The MoD expected to consider similar PFI contracts when Tucano and Hawk aircraft were replaced. [9] 130 Tucano two seat, tandem, fully aerobatic turboprops, were on order in February 1989. [10] [11] The Hawk T1 advanced jet trainer entered RAF service in 1977, with 116 aircraft ordered [12]
Central Flying School — instructor training, Bulldog T1, Hawk T1, Gazelle HT3; Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT, the Red Arrows) — 10x Hawk T1; RAF Linton-on-Ouse. No. 1 Flying Training School — Jet Provost T5A (replaced by Tucano T1) RAF Shawbury. No. 2 Flying Training School — helicopter flying training, Gazelle HT3, Wessex HC2
A Hawk T1A of the Red Arrows with new 2015 colour scheme. The team use the same two-seat training aircraft used for advanced pilot training, at first the Folland Gnat which was replaced in 1979 by the BAE Systems Hawk T1. [41] The Hawks in 1979 were assembled at RAF Bitteswell in Leicestershire; the site had 1,100 workers.
The squadron was expected to retire its Hawk T1 aircraft in 2027, however, an announcement in July 2021 confirmed that apart from the Red Arrows, all other Hawk T1 aircraft in the British military would be retired by 31 March 2022. [16] As a result, the squadron disbanded on 31 March 2022. [17]
736 Naval Air Squadron (736 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It was most recently recommissioned at HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose in June 2013 to fly the BAE Systems Hawk, mainly in the maritime aggressor role, following the disbandment of the Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit (FRADU) and operated up until March 2022.