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Lithuania’s first UH-60Ms near completion
By Dave Allport
Lithuania’s Ministry of Defence announced on August 16 that the first three UH-60M Black Hawks for the Lithuanian Air Force have been transferred from the Sikorsky factory to the modification facility in Huntsville, Alabama, for completion
Aeroplane meets... Shuttleworth chief pilot Paul Stone
By Ben Dunnell
… 1997. At about the same time, I was invited to fly the Sea Hawk with the Royal Navy Historic Flight. “My next encounter … the quality of that advice.” Paul displayed both the Sea Hawk and Sea Fury at Old Warden, having already become a … pilot. Initially flying the Harrier GR7/GR9 and the Hawk, upon appointment as Warton’s chief test pilot in 2009 …
What could the upcoming Integrated Review Refresh mean for British airpower?
By Tim Ripley
… cockpits. The January grounding of the BAE Systems Hawk T2 added to the air of crisis hanging over MFTS. Will …
Shuttleworth Racers – from the cockpit
By D Harbar
… The European approach is evident within the 1930s Miles Hawk Speed Six, Mew Gull and de Havilland DH.88 Comet owned … are well known to J-M. The least challenging is the Miles Hawk Speed Six. J-M described it as “a very fast Magister, … the traditional four-cylinder Gipsy Major found in the Hawk Major has been replaced by a 200hp Gipsy Six engine. …
Duxford's airshows: what have been the highlights from 50 years?
By Ben Dunnell
… New restorations for TFC, like the P-39Q Airacobra and Hawk 75, took their bow. So did other projects to emerge from …
Who was Luftwaffe ace Roloff Von Aspern?
By CHRIS GOSS
… of the war on May 18, 1940, when he claimed a Curtiss Hawk west of Rethel. The following day, now flying with Oblt … that afternoon. On June 3, he claimed another Curtiss Hawk and the following day a Potez 63. The latter victory was …
Future aircraft of the USAF
By Jon Lake and Angie Bee
… jet trainer in the form of the Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk , which was the winner of the T-X programme to replace …
NATO receives first upgraded RQ-4D Phoenix
By Khalem Chapman
… is based on the firm’s off-the-shelf RQ-4B Block 40 Global Hawk, which is in operational service with the US Air Force …
Digital twinning - how can it help aerospace?
By Mark Broadbent
… Tempest model in the wind tunnel BAE Systems From Red Hawk to Stratofortress Linda Hapgood, vice-president and … design new military platforms. She said: “The T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer is among the US Air Force’s first … all things to be modelled. Boeing says the T-7A Red Hawk is among the US Air Force’s first aircraft to be …
USMC’s Harvest HAWK+ achieves full operational capability
By Khalem Chapman
… (USMC’s) Harvest Hercules Airborne Weapons Kit Plus (HAWK+)-configured Lockheed Martin KC-130J Hercules has … the USMC’s Fleet Marine Forces on August 26. The Harvest HAWK+ modifications come as part of the USMC’s KC-130J … During the project, the USMC’s existing KC-130J Harvest HAWK system was enhanced by the integration of L3Harris’ …
How is the USAF's PACAF command posturing to address the China threat?
By Tom Kaminski
… also supported the operation of USAF unmanned RQ-4B Global Hawk and US Navy MQ-4C Triton ISR aircraft. Additionally, it … the latter unit operates nine Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters. In addition to its mission under the 18th … operates the Block 40 variant of the unmanned RQ-4B Global Hawk from Andersen. The US Navy's Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 …
11 Sqn Lightning pilot – Binbrook memories
By IAN BLACK
… T.3 and T.5, as well as over 100 hours on the nimble Hawk . To say I felt underprepared as to what lay ahead … from the limited experience I had gained on the diminutive Hawk. Having flown a dual sortie in the T.5 with a weapons …
Aeroplane meets... Rod Dean
By Ben Dunnell
… officer, the Hunter still held sway. However, the Hawk T1 was being introduced, and a major attraction was the …
Qatar receives first Eurofighter Typhoon during UK ceremony
By Dave Allport
… acquisition of the 24 Typhoon multi-role fighters and nine Hawk advanced jet trainer aircraft, complete with a six-year … including the establishment of joint UK-Qatar Typhoon and Hawk training squadrons to provide QEAF pilot and technician …
UK accelerates Hawk T1 retirement plans
By Dave Allport
… the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) British Aerospace (BAe) Hawk T1 fleet have been accelerated. The move comes after the … Red Arrows, since 1979. The team will continue to fly the Hawk T1 until 2030. … UK accelerates Hawk T1 retirement …