Maybe the plan is for BAe to build the M-345 under licence as a Hawk replacement?
Just asking; not a lot else going on at Warton at the moment is there?

I am sure a visit to the Shropshire rotary base will find plenty of Hawks and Tranche 1 Typhoons.

Perhaps the Reds could become pat of an enlarged BBMF? They would need a bigger hangar though.....
mmitch.

Then there were regrettably only 75 as a result of https://www.pprune.org/military-avia...-culdrose.html

Jack

Meanwhile, six years ago, the Indian Air Force managed to find the funds to buy twenty new Hawk 132s for their aerobatic team...

I am pretty sure the Reds will be in the T1 until the Aeralis comes along. They do have plenty of spares now!

This thread is really disappointing. Usually by now someone has recommended bringing back the gnat, sopwith camel, shackleton.

Shame we got rid of the Hunter......

;)

Give us a clue...my money's on them cutting the number of pilots down to 6 and ordering more Texans.

Prefer a Lion Bar over a Texan tbh

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....4c4fa305a4.jpg

I was going to mention the red scooters but fuel cost savings and all that.

Brilliant Nutty, if you squint you really can't tell the difference...

All going/gone and replaced by PC21s

Are those Red Barrows flown by ground crew, or are they what the pilots use when the cloudbase is too low?

What message does it send that our display team are flying 40 year old obsolete aeroplanes? Maybe if the Reds were operating the T2 or the 200 it would promote foreign sales and showcase British Industry.

Better hurry up as the only Hawks currently in production are for Qatar and thats less than 10.

make that 75.

What will 100 Sqdn be flying then?

Davef68,

Are you sure about that? I thought that the PC-21's were for ETPS, which is a QinetiQ outfit, where as the Centre for Aviation Medicine Hawks are RAF.