A continuing shortage of capacity in its flying training organisation has led the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) to return to training pilots on Hawk T1 aircraft, three years after it retired the analog ...
RAF Red Arrows to replace those who have completed their tour with the team, while 2024’s Red 6 returns to the squadron as ...
Although they may not take center stage like fighter jets and bombers, trainer aircraft and aerobatic aircraft play an important part for the UK Royal Air Force (RAF). So much so that they will ...
The RAF Red Arrows made a stunning entrance at the Farnborough Airshow with a head-on smoke takeoff, trailing the iconic red, ...
A pilot who was part of the Royal Air Force's "Top Gun" says it is a coup that a fighter jet which helped eliminate enemy planes has been saved from scrap. A Hawk T1, which was held in reserve for the ...
Draken’s L-159Es will take over the aggressor role of the recently retired Hawk T1 fleet. The Royal Air Force awarded a six-year contract to Draken to provide aggressor aircraft to support the ...
The UK Royal Air Force hopes to issue inspection guidelines on 4 August that should enable it to begin resuming flight operations with its BAE Systems Hawk T1/1A jet trainers. A ground inspection of ...
A Red Arrow emergency alert was reported over England this morning after a jet came into trouble in the air because of a bird. Reports show the Hawk T1 aircraft flying over the East Midlands at 8.40am ...
The UK Royal Air Force has been cleared to resume normal flight operations with its BAE Systems Hawk T1/1A training aircraft one month after the type was grounded following a fatal accident, but ...
Motorists got an impressive site yesterday when a Hawk T1 jet was seen travelling down the A55 on the back of a lorry. The RAF jet, spotted near Chester, was destined for RAF Valley, on Anglesey.
The older training jet planes are being phased out, along with the disbandment of 208 Squadron, and will be replaced with more T2 jets. Last week, it was revealed up to 53 jobs were under threat as a ...