BAe Hawk

Indonesia

The [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] received 38 Hawks in the 1980s and 1990s, including 32 Hawk 200, single-seat, combat aircraft.

Allegations of their use against Timorese, pro-independence groups during the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] created controversy in the United Kingdom.

In January 1996, four protesters broke into a BAe factory and caused £1.5 million worth of damage to an Indonesia-bound aircraft.

The four were tried and acquitted; the jury accepted their argument they had used "reasonable force to prevent a crime".

Zimbabwe


The No.2 Squadron of the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] was equipped with 12 BAE Hawk T.Mk. 60/60As, acquired in 1980 and 1992 and employed in the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] role. These were equipped with AIM-9B Sidewinder AAMs, [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], and [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] cluster-bomber units (CBUs), as well as launchers for unguided rockets. The Hawks supported the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] against Rwandan, Ugandan and rebel forces in 1998.

Variants


Hawk T1

The Hawk T1 (Trainer Mark 1) was the original version of the Hawk used by the RAF, deliveries commencing in November 1976. The UK ordered 176 T1s.


Hawk T1A

The Hawk T1A is a modified Hawk T1, which was intended to replace the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] in the RAF's [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

A total of 89 aircraft were converted to carry two underwing AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and a centreline [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] gun pod.
During the 1980s, the RAF began using TWU Hawks in the Mixed Fighter Force (MFF) concept; the intention was to attach three of four Hawks to a [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] or [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] interceptor, which would guide them using its powerful radar onto enemy targets.

This is also the variant used by the RAF's [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] display team; the underbody gun pod is replaced by a similarly shaped fairing used used to carry oil for the display smoke system.