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BAe Hawk T.60/T.60A * Current *
8 Hawk T.60 ordered in January 1981 and flown into New Sarum from 13 July 1982 in two batches of four (the second batch arrived in October 1982). In the sabotage attack of 25 July 1982 at New Sarum aircraft 602 was wrecked, while 600 and 603 were damaged and had to be returned to BAe for repair. They were returned to service in October 1984. Five new Hawk T.60A were ordered in March 1990 delivered in September 1992, giving a total of 13 aircraft. Used for the advanced training and Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) role by 2 Sqn at Thornhill. (Production line numbers are 209 to 221, and 6Z001 to 6Z005).
Serial c/no. Prev. Identity Delivered Fate/Notes
600 312248 G-9-486 13 July 1982 rebuilt and re-delivered 17 Oct 1984
601 312249 G-9-487 13 July 1982  
602 312250 G-9-488 13 July 1982 w/o 25 July 1982
603 312251 G-9-489 13 July 1982 rebuilt and re-delivered 17 Oct 1994
604 312252 G-9-490 5 Oct 1982  
605 312253 G-9-491 5 Oct 1982  
606 312254 G-9-492 5 Oct 1982  
607 312255 G-9-493 5 Oct 1982  
608 360 ZH570 19 June 1992  
609 361 ZH571 19 June 1992  
610 357 ZH572 4 Sept 1992  
611 362 ZH573 4 Sept 1992  
612 363 ZH574 4 Sept 1992  

References:

  1. African Military Aviation (W A Brent, 1994)
  2. World Air Forces Directory 2002/03 (Ian Carroll, 2002)
  3. Hawk Comes of Age (Peter R March, 1995)


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