What a good idea. With the hawks of 100 Sqn getting close to their end of service life and the F3 being axed too, it could be a tad tricky to find RED AIR in the future. This is going to be a real issue as the FJ fleets become multi roll and the OCU and sqn training syllabi demand radar threats more and more. Even the Lakenheath boys and girls will run out of patience if we are persistent in asking them for a radar/agile threat twice a day every day.
Hawk 128 with a ECM pod under it and rear crew to run the kit? Ex-ANG F16s? Or we could loose the capability altogether. And before the AT and SH guys get on board, 100 Sqn trains the troops in the art of CAS too. If we combined that with the capabilities provided by FRAs Falcons, we'd be well placed for excellent training opportunities at home.