Originally Posted by
Biggus
While I'm no expert on RAF pilot training (one will be along shortly), are RAF pilots not already streamed fast jet by the time they end up on the Hawk - so are unlikely to see an A-400 or A-330.
As for design concept date of aircraft in RAF service - 1960, Rivet Joint, 1966, Boeing 737 (basis of P-8 and Wedgetail).
RAF is grob -> texan and either hawk or phenom 100 from what a former RAF pilot told me