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The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was designed to take advantage of the newly developed Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engine and the swept wing , and was the first jet-powered aircraft produced by Hawker ...
Hawker P.1101 Two-seat trainer prototype, first flight 8 July 1955, two built. Production versions. Hunter F.1 First production version, Avon 113 engine, first flight ...
Iraqi Air Force. Iraq received its first 16 Hunter F.6s in 1957. They were assigned to No. 6 Squadron. [1] 22 additional Hunter F.59s were ordered in 1963. [2]They were also taken up by No. 6 Squadron: starting in 1964, its original F.6s were sent back to the United Kingdom for overhauls and upgrades to a standard similar to the new aircraft. [3]
Hawker Hunter Flt Lt Saeed Afzal Khan No. 14 Squadron PAF: Canadair Sabre Mk6 Khan KIA. [6] Fg Offr Harish Masand No. 37 Squadron IAF: India 4th Dec Hawker Hunter Flt Lt Saeed Afzal No. 14 Squadron PAF: Canadair Sabre Mk6 Flt Lt Saeed Afzal bailed out KIA [5] Masand awarded Vir Chakra [7] [8] Wg Cdr Ramaswamy Sundaresan No. 14 Squadron IAF ...
The squadron moved to RAF Leuchars, Fife, in 1950 and in 1954 became the first to receive the Hawker Hunter F.1, replacing the Meteor F.8. [14] No. 43 (Fighter) Squadron began receiving its first Hunter F.4s on 24 February 1956, before receiving four Hunter F.6s on 2 November 1956 however these were only operated until early December. [15]
The Bréguet Br.1001 Taon was a 1950s French prototype single-seat jet strike fighter aircraft built ... 1; Length: 11.68 m (38 ft ... Hawker Hunter; References ...
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The Hawker Hunter had a very long career in Swiss Air Force from the late 1950s until they were retired in 1994. The Swiss Air Force operated 160 aircraft, both new and second-hand. The Hunter was upgraded several times and was used mainly as an attack aircraft by militia squadrons in the last decades of its service life.