Hawk 200 and 100 offer to Uruguay Air Force

[Marcantilan]

https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/04...-37-dragonfly/

According to the article, the US$ 110M offer includes:

• 6 BAE Hawk Mk 200 aircraft, together with their respective radars, firing computers, radar warning systems, laser rangefinders and chaff/flares defensive systems.
• 2 BAE Hawk Mk 100, together with their laser rangefinders, FLIR, chaff/flares.
• 10 Martin Baker seats with annual inspection for 5 years after delivery.
• International training package for 24 pilots, mechanics, aeronautical and communications technicians for 1-4 weeks each (all paid).

Best!

[Bob Viking]

Hmm

Now where on Earth could they possibly find 6 x 200 series and 2 x 100 series Hawks with low hours?

BV

[MPN11]

• Spare fuselages.

​​​​​​​Nice extra!

[m0nkfish]

Originally Posted by Bob Viking

Now where on Earth could they possibly find 6 x 200 series and 2 x 100 series Hawks with low hours?

BV

Article says they are ex Malaysian Air Force

[Bob Viking]

Monk

I didn’t spot that. Thanks for the info. I actually thought they might have been coming from somewhere else.

BV

[Lordflasheart]

...

Article says they are ex Malaysian Air Force

Or Indonesia or Oman ...

But will the seats have gas shackles ?

LFH

[Martin the Martian]

Not a bad package for the price. How come the US is making the offer?

[Davef68]

Originally Posted by Martin the Martian

Not a bad package for the price. How come the US is making the offer?

Either a speculative bid (i.e someone who is offering them then will buy them from the user) or someone has bought the redundant airframes from the original user
From the numbers, I wonder if these are the Oman aircraft

[SLXOwft]

According to these articles (Spanish one (dated 19 April 2023) is source for English one) the US company Falcon Air (who they?) is offering ex-Oman Hawks and ex-France Tucanos

https://www.airdatanews.com/uruguay-...no-turboprops/

https://www.defensa.com/uruguay/ofer...aerea-uruguaya

A bit of digging suggests the Armée de l'air Tucanos are either museum/instructional airframes or used on mil contracts by Military Tech Inc or Valkyrie Aero.