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By Khalem Chapman 9th March 2023

… announced that it stands ready to offer its new T-7A Red Hawk platform – which was developed in partnership with Saab … a replacement for its fleet of British Aerospace (BAe) Hawk Mk.127 LIF jet trainers, which entered Royal Australian … a Lead-In Fighter Trainer (LIFT) programme to replace the Hawk in RAAF service under Project AIR 6002 – which is valued …

By Khalem Chapman 2nd February 2023

… a fond farewell to its complement of Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopters. This move … as the USAF continues to phase out the legacy HH-60G Pave Hawk and re-equip its CSAR helicopter units with the new … While the 55th RQS has now parted ways with the Pave Hawk, it is now preparing to become fully integrated with the …

By Derek Bower 2nd February 2023

… jet training solution. This includes purchase of nine BAE Hawk Mk 167 aircraft with a specification similar to that of the RAF Hawk T2 (Mk 128) and a pilot training and aircraft … the Hawk Mk 167 is a later generation aircraft to the Hawk T1, a bridging course was organised to cover the changes. …

By Simon Lee 26th January 2023

… The Royal Air Force (RAF) has grounded its BAE Systems Hawk T2 fast-jet training aircraft as a precaution after one … It is not known when flight training operations on the Hawk T2 will resume at the Anglesey base. The incident comes … said the grounding does not affect operation of the Hawk T1, the older variant of the platform which is still employed …

By Simon Lee 1st February 2023

… BAE Systems has said that technical issues with the Hawk T2’s Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca Adour Mk 951 non-afterburning … on January 11, the firm said the problem meant the Hawk T2 training aircraft fleet would only be able to fly … the number of serviceable engines available for the Hawk T2 fleet, leading to an average of eight serviceable …

By Simon Lee 3rd February 2023

… year because the number of flying hours on the BAE Systems Hawk T2 training aircraft at RAF Valley in Anglesey, North … obligated to provide Ascent with 9,200 flying hours on the Hawk each year, Ascent had only been able to fly training … Lockheed Martin said: “For this financial year (2022/23), Hawk T2 availability is further reduced. Ascent has been able …

By Khalem Chapman 6th December 2022

… that will eventually replace the service’s UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and shape the future of US Army Aviation … , to eventually succeed the US Army’s venerable Black Hawk fleet is not just a major win for Bell Textron … UH-60 fleets. … US Army names Bell’s V-280 Valor as Black Hawk successor …

By Khalem Chapman 10th November 2022

… that he wants to acquire more Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk battlefield utility helicopters , along with an … Ecija on October 26, Brawner Jr outlined that a Black Hawk acquisition was a top priority for the service. Along … Army under our modernisation programme.” The Black Hawk is no stranger to Philippine military service, with two …

By Dino Carrara 15th March 2024

… Qatar Emiri Air Force Hawk Mk 167s of 11 Squadron are currently operating from … systems are being refurbished.” Seven of the unit’s nine Hawk Mk.167s (ZB131, ZB132, ZB133, ZB134, ZB135, ZB136 and … is due to re-open on April 8. No.11 Squadron’s first Hawk was delivered to Leeming on November 24, 2021, and the …

By Jon Lake 20th February 2024

… timelines for the US Army’s existing planned Black Hawk procurement. Canberra ordered 40 UH-60Ms as part of its … announced a string of support contracts for its Black Hawk, Apache Guardian and Chinook helicopters. These included …

By Richard Thomas 29th July 2022

… its programme to upgrade hundreds of legacy UH-60 Black Hawk  helicopters with digital cockpits, to maintain their … integrated avionics suite for the US Army’s UH-60V Black Hawk, which recently completed initial operational test and … Systems, completed the first flight of the UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter. Northrop Grumman provided the Integrated …

By Tom Kaminski 12th June 2024

… the FDU will provide them with additional UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters, which will be drawn from heavy …

By Oscar Nkala 4th July 2022

… (AFZ) has recommissioned four British Aerospace (BAe) Hawk Mk.60/60A ground attack / jet trainer aircraft in spite … Union (EU) sanctions that led to the air arm’s entire Hawk fleet being grounded in 2011. In 2000, the EU imposed … was immediately unable to acquire spares for the 12 Hawk Mk.60/60As it purchased in the early 1980s. After losing …

By Dave Allport 4th August 2022

… report into the loss of Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm -operated Hawk T1A (serial XX189) – assigned to 736 Naval Air Squadron … On Thursday March 25, 2021, at 0937hrs local time, this Hawk T1A crashed approximately 4nm to the east of its base at … … UK MOD releases report into last year’s Royal Navy Hawk T1A crash …

By Dino Carrara 11th March 2024

… Arrows to help mark the team’s 60th display season. Gnat T1 ‘XR992’/G-MOUR (actually XS102) from the Heritage Aircraft … first season in 1965 until being replaced by the current Hawk T1 in 1980. Another Gnat T1, XR538/G-RORI in 4 Flying …