From 1983 to 1986, some Hawks were equipped as short-range
interceptor aircraft. 88 T1s were modified to carry two
AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles (AAMs) in addition to the centreline
gun pod carrying a 30 mm
ADEN cannon. These aircraft were named
Hawk T1A. In a war, they would have worked in collaboration with
Tornado F3 aircraft, which would use their
Foxhunter search
radars to vector the radarless Hawks against enemy targets. Such missions would have been flown by instructors. Conversions were completed in 1986. With the
fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the
Cold War, RAF Hawks were no longer used in this manner. Hawks were used also as "aggressors", simulating air combat with
Tornado ADVs