Hawk special schemes through the years

[acw367]

Twenty-five different Hawks over twenty-five years 1990-2015. Enjoy.

XX278 Abingdon Battle of Britain Airshow 15 September 1990

XX278 Abingdon Battle of Britain Airshow 15 September 1990 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX289 IAT Fairford 20 July 1991

XX289 IAT Fairford 20 July 1991 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX329 IAT Fairford 22 July 1991

XX329 IAT Fairford 22 July 1991 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX281 XX230 ATI Boscombe Down 12 June 1992

XX281 XX230 ATI Boscombe Down 12 June 1992 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX312 Finningley Battle of Britain Airshow 19 September 1992

XX312 Finningley Battle of Britain Airshow 19 September 1992 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX224 Finningley Battle of Britain Airshow 19 September 1992

XX224 Finningley Battle of Britain Airshow 19 September 1992 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX226 Finningley Battle of Britain Airshow 19 September 1992. 74 (Reserve) Sqn stood up on Hawk in October 1992, there was also a 74 Squadron Phantom in the static that retired at the end of the month.

XX226 Finningley Battle of Britain Airshow 19 September 1992 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX244 Mildenhall Air Fete 29 May 1994

XX244 Mildenhall Air Fete 29 May 1994 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX231 IAT Fairford 29 July 1994

XX231 IAT Fairford 29 July 1994 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX314 Farnborough International Airshow 11 September 1994

XX314 Farnborough International Airshow 11 September 1994 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX161 Farnborough International Airshow 11 September 1994

XX161 Farnborough International Airshow 11 September 1994 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX218 Farnborough International Airshow 11 September 1994

XX218 Farnborough International Airshow 11 September 1994 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX190 Farnborough International Airshow 11 September 1994

XX190 Farnborough International Airshow 11 September 1994 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX349 Farnborough International Airshow 11 September 1994

XX349 Farnborough International Airshow 11 September 1994 by ACW367, on Flickr

ZJ100 Farnborough International Airshow 11 September 1994

ZJ100 Farnborough International Airshow 11 September 1994 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX310 Farnborough International Airshow 11 September 1994

XX310 Farnborough International Airshow 11 September 1994 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX282 Farnborough Internatioanl Airshow 11 September 1994

XX282 Farnborough Internatioanl Airshow 11 September 1994 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX172 IAT Fairford 20 July 1995

XX172 IAT Fairford 20 July 1995 by ACW367, on Flickr

Red Arrows Mildenhall Air Fete 23 May 1998

Red Arrows Mildenhall Air Fete 23 May 1998 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX205 RIAT Fairford 13 July 2006

XX205 RIAT Fairford 13 July 2006 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX263 Waddington 3 July 2010

XX263 Waddington 3 July 2010 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX278 RIAT Fairford 5 July 2012

XX278 RIAT Fairford 5 July 2012 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX322 RIAT Fairford 9 July 2014

XX322 RIAT Fairford 9 July 2014 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX154 RIAT Fairford 11 July 2014

XX154 RIAT Fairford 11 July 2014 by ACW367, on Flickr

XX350 RIAT Fairford 17 July 2015

XX350 RIAT Fairford 17 July 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

A diverse mix
ACW367

[paddyboy]

Certainly enjoyed trawling through those old gems

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[Mustang531]

Thanks for sharing these, an interesting selection of shots. Probably one of the most successful British aircraft to be produced and worth remembering that it made its maiden flight in 1974.

[teeonefixer]

XX184 rollout by John Parish, on Flickr

XX184 on roll out of the Valley paintshop in 2008 in its 19Sqn Spitfire 70th anniversary colour scheme.

Interesting thread ACW367. I'm tempted to go through them and work out "where are they now"!

[liamkillington]

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing those!

[F3]

Interesting and timely thread given the type is being retired from squadron service next Mar when 100 Sqn disbands. I'll sort out some of mine to add. Need some early pics of ones in the tactical camo!

[Sparky 119]

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=187711&p=1171733#p1171733

Few more here from an older post.

[F3]

I did promise to sort out early pics of Hawk T'1As in tactical camo so here they are. The T'1As were Hawks with hardpoints for weapons carriage (rocket pods/practice bomb dispensers/sidewinder missiles) and were issued to the two TWUs @ Brawdy + Chivenor, each of which operated 2 Sqns. (79 + 264 @ Brawdy and 63 + 151 @ Chiv). The jets wore this scheme throughout the 70s and early 80s when they began to appear in the Barley Grey scheme generally adopted throughout 11 Group for its interceptors. This coincided with the newly adopted wartime role of the T.1As operating with the new Tornado F3s within the Mixed Fighter Force concept in which the F3s would vector the Hawks onto Bogeys which they would then engage with Sidewinders. For some reason I never managed to capture a colour pic of a 79 Sqn. a/c in tactical camo.

Hawk T1A XX140 264 Sqn IAT '81 by Michael Britton, on Flickr

Hawk T1A XX323 264 Sqn. Binbrook '82 by Michael Britton, on Flickr

Hawk T1A XX158 63 Sqn. Ch.Fenton '81 by Michael Britton, on Flickr

Hawk T1A XX399 M 151 Sqn Woodford '89 by Michael Britton, on Flickr

[teeonefixer]

I did promise to sort out early pics of Hawk T'1As in tactical camo so here they are. The T'1As were Hawks with hardpoints for weapons carriage (rocket pods/practice bomb dispensers/sidewinder missiles) and were issued to the two TWUs @ Brawdy + Chivenor, each of which operated 2 Sqns. (79 + 264 @ Brawdy and 63 + 151 @ Chiv). The jets wore this scheme throughout the 70s and early 80s when they began to appear in the Barley Grey scheme generally adopted throughout 11 Group for its interceptors. This coincided with the newly adopted wartime role of the T.1As operating with the new Tornado F3s within the Mixed Fighter Force concept in which the F3s would vector the Hawks onto Bogeys which they would then engage with Sidewinders. For some reason I never managed to capture a colour pic of a 79 Sqn. a/c in tactical camo.

Nice shots to add to the set.
Just a minor point, the TMk.1 already had weapons capability and could be fitted with pylons, the T1A's (80 a/c approx) were sent to Dunsfold for conversion, by addition of a server and wiring for carriage of BL755 & Sidewinder. Once it was realised that the TWU aeroplanes were racking up fatigue damage much more than the FTS (Valley) fleet, the RAF made some swaps of the additional T1A fit onto T1's to produce the TMk.1W.
The different designations became academic from end of the 1990's once flying had been concentrated at Valley and the Sidewinder and War role were no longer required.

[F3]

Thanks very much for this info. First I've heard of the T.1W