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Old 30th Jul 2009, 09:35
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Hawk with missiles

"I havn't seen a Hawk with a missile before "

Youngsters these days, eh ......... see here and from WIKIpedia.....

"From 1983 to 1986, some Hawks were equipped as the short-range interceptor aircraft for point defence. Eighty-eight T.1s were modified to carry two AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles in addition to the centerline gun pod carrying a single 30 mm ADEN cannon. These aircraft were designated Hawk T1A. In the event of war, they would have worked in collaboration with Tornado F3 aircraft, which would use their Foxhunter search radars to vector the radar-less Hawks against enemy targets. Such missions would have been flown by instructor pilots. Conversions were completed in 1986. With the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, RAF Hawks are no longer tasked with this role. Hawks were used also as "aggressors", simulating air combat with Tornado ADVs "
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