List Of Hawker Hunter Operators
The following is a list of units that have used the Hawker Hunter fighter aircraft. Operators Abu Dhabi and United Arab Emirates *Abu Dhabi Defence Force Air Wing ; United Arab Emirates Air Force Belgium ;Belgian Air Force: (112 x F.4, 144 x F.6) Chile ; Chilean Air Force Denmark ; Royal Danish Air Force India ;Indian Air Force * No. 7 Squadron "The Battle-Axes" * No. 14 Squadron "The Bulls" * No. 17 Squadron "The Golden Arrows" * No. 20 Squadron "The Lightnings" – The Unit also flew the Hunters in a nine-aircraft formation aerobatic team rechristened "The Thunderbolts" * No. 27 Squadron "The Flaming Arrows" * No. 37 Squadron "The Black Panthers" * Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) "The Young 'Uns" – This unit was briefly redesignated as No. 122 (Ad Hoc) Squadron IAF during the 1971 War. * No. 2 Target Tug Unit "The Banners" Iraq ; Iraqi Air Force Iraq received its first 16 Hunter F.6s in 1957. They were assigned to No. 6 Squadron. 22 additional Hunter F.59s were ...
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Hawker Hunter
The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was designed to take advantage of the newly developed Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engine and the swept wing, and was the first jet-powered aircraft produced by Hawker to be procured by the RAF. On 7 September 1953, the modified first prototype broke the world air speed record for aircraft, achieving a speed of . The single-seat Hunter was introduced to service in 1954 as a manoeuvrable day interceptor aircraft, quickly succeeding first-generation jet fighters in RAF service such as the Gloster Meteor and the de Havilland Venom. The all-weather/night fighter role was filled by the Gloster Javelin. Successively improved variants of the type were produced, adopting increasingly more capable engine models and expanding its fuel capacity amongst other modifications being implemented. Hunters were also us ...
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