The following is a list of variants of the
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-R ...
fighter aircraft:
Prototypes
;Hawker P.1067
:Prototype, first flight 20 July 1951, three built with the first later modified as a Hunter Mk 3 for the successful World Speed Record attempts.
*WB188 was the prototype that first flew on 20 July 1951 piloted by
Neville Duke
Neville Frederick Duke, (11 January 1922 – 7 April 2007) was a British test pilot and fighter ace of the Second World War. He was credited with the destruction of 27 enemy aircraft. After the war, Duke was acknowledged as one of the world's fo ...
at Boscombe Down. After being used for performance and handling trials it was modified in 1953 and fitted with an Avon RA7R engine for what was a successful world air speed record attempt in September 1953.
*WB195 was the second prototype and first flown on 5 May 1952, it was the first with Aden-gun armament and other military equipment.
*WB202 was the third prototype and first flew on 30 November 1952 powered by an Armstrong-Whitworth Sapphire engine.
;Hawker P.1083
:Supersonic design based on the P.1067 with 50 degree wing sweep and afterburning Avon engine. Construction abandoned and the fuselage and tail were used as basis for the P.1099.
;Hawker P.1101
:Two-seat trainer prototype, first flight 8 July 1955, two built.
Production versions
;Hunter F.1
:First production version, Avon 113 engine, first flight 16 May 1953, 139 built, 113 built by Hawker Aircraft at Kingston-upon-Thames and a further 26 at Blackpool. First production aircraft flown on 16 May 1953 (WT555, Dunsfold), the last delivered in Jan 1955. Used at two front-line bases (Odiham, 54 & 247 Sqns) and Leuchars (43 & 222 Sqns); at 229 OCU, Chivenor, 233 OCU (Pembrey), CFE (West Raynham) and small numbers elsewhere.
;Hunter F.2
:Sapphire 101 engine, first flight 14 October 1953 (WN888, Bitteswell), 45 built by Armstrong Whitworth at Coventry. Last delivery 4 Nov 1954. Equipped fully only two Sqns, 257 & 263, at Wattisham.
:Sole survivor WN904 on static display at Sywell Aerodrome, Northampton.
;Hunter Mk 3
:Sometimes mistakenly called F.3, but it carried no weapons.
:The first prototype fitted with
afterburning
An afterburner (or reheat in British English) is an additional combustion component used on some jet engines, mostly those on military supersonic aircraft. Its purpose is to increase thrust, usually for supersonic flight, takeoff, and combat ...
Avon RA.7R with 9,600 lbf (42.70 kN) engine, pointed nose, airbrakes on the sides of the fuselage, and a revised windscreen. Used to set raise the
world's absolute air speed record to 727.6 mph (1,171 km/h) off the English south coast on 7 September 1953, and days later to set a new 62 mi (100 km) circuit record. It was sold in 1955 and retired as an RAF ground instructional airframe. Now in the Museum at Tangmere, Sussex.
;Hunter F.4
:Bag-type fuel tanks in the wings replaced the rear fuselage tanks of the F.1, giving a small increase in internal fuel capacity, provision for 100 gallon underwing fuel tanks (2 on early examples, 4 on later aircraft); Avon 115 (later Avon 121) engine, blisters under the nose for ammunition links, first flight 20 October 1954 (WT701, Dunsfold), 349 built at Kingston-upon-Thames and Blackpool. Last RAF delivery Aug 1956. Widely used in the UK and Germany. Replaced by the F.6 in front-line units by about the end of 1958, but flown by 229 OCU, CFS, and others, until at least 1963.
;Hunter F.5
:F.4 with Sapphire 101 engine, 105 built by Armstrong Whitworth at Coventry. 2 x 100 gallon drop tanks could be carried. First flown 19 Oct 1954 (WN954, Bitteswell), final delivery 18 Aug 1955. Used by 3 bases: Tangmere ( 1 & 34 Sqns, and briefly 208 Sqn); Biggin Hill (41 & 56 Sqns); and Wattisham (257 & 263 Sqns). Withdrawn from service by about the end of 1958, as Sqns either disbanded in the wake of the Sandys 1957 Defence White Paper, or re-equipped with the F.6
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:Single-seat clear-weather interceptor fighter. Powered by one 10,150 lbf (45.17 kN) Rolls-Royce Avon 203 turbojet engine, revised wing with a leading edge "dogtooth" (Mod 533) and four hardpoints, and a follow-up tailplane on later aircraft (also retrofitted to the early production examples) to improve pitch response at high Mach number, first flight 22 January 1954, 384 built. First RAF production aircraft flew 23 May 1955 (WW592, Dunsfold), the last on 16 Jun 1957. Used widely in the UK and Germany, in smaller numbers in Cyprus and the Middle East.
;;Hunter F.6A
:Modified F.6 with brake parachute and 230 gallon inboard drop tanks, for use at RAF Brawdy, where diversion airfields were distant.
;Hunter T.7
:Two-seat trainer built for the RAF. A side by side seating nose section replaced the single seat nose. Engine and systems as for the F.4; six were rebuilt F.4s, and 65 were new build. The dog-tooth leading edge and follow-up tailplane mods, as on the F.6, were fitted to the T.7. New-build first flight 11 Oct 1957 (XL563, Dunsfold), final example on 17 Jan 1959.
;Hunter T.7A
:T.7 modified with the Integrated Flight Instrumentation System (IFIS). Used by the RAF as a
Blackburn Buccaneer
The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable attack aircraft designed in the 1950s for the Royal Navy (RN). Designed and initially produced by Blackburn Aircraft at Brough, it was later officially known as the Hawker Siddeley Buccanee ...
conversion training aircraft.
;Hunter T.8
:Two-seat trainer for the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
. Fitted with an
arrestor hook
A tailhook, arresting hook, or arrester hook is a device attached to the empennage (rear) of some military fixed-wing aircraft. The hook is used to achieve rapid deceleration during routine landings aboard aircraft carrier flight decks at s ...
for use on RN airfields but otherwise similar to the T.7, ten-built new and 18 conversions from F.4s. First new-build flown on 30 May 1958 (XL580 and XL581, Dunsfold), the last on 10 Dec 1958.
;Hunter T.8B
:T.8 with
TACAN
A tactical air navigation system, commonly referred to by the acronym TACAN, is a navigation system used by military aircraft. It provides the user with bearing and distance (slant-range or hypotenuse) to a ground or ship-borne station. It is a mor ...
radio-navigation system and IFIS fitted, cannon and ranging radar removed. Used by the Royal Navy as a
Blackburn Buccaneer
The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable attack aircraft designed in the 1950s for the Royal Navy (RN). Designed and initially produced by Blackburn Aircraft at Brough, it was later officially known as the Hawker Siddeley Buccanee ...
conversion training aircraft, four conversions.
;Hunter T.8C
:T.8 with TACAN fitted, 11 conversions
;Hunter T.8M
:T.8 fitted with the
Sea Harrier
The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval short take-off and vertical landing/vertical take-off and landing jet fighter, reconnaissance and attack aircraft. It is the second member of the Harrier family developed. It first entered servic ...
's Blue Fox radar, used by the Royal Navy to train Sea Harrier pilots.
;Hunter FGA.9
:Single-seat ground-attack fighter version for the RAF; all were modified from F.6 airframes. Avon 203 or 207 engine. Strengthened wing, 230 gallon inboard drop tanks, tail chute, increased oxygen capacity, and bobweight in pitch control circuit to increase stick force in ground attack manoeuvres, 128 conversions.
;Hunter FR.10
:Single-seat reconnaissance version; all 33 were rebuilt F.6 airframes, with 3 F95 cameras, revised instrument panel layout, brake parachute and 230 gallon inboard drop tanks. Increased oxygen as for the FGA.9, but no pitch bobweight.
;Hunter GA.11
:Single-seat weapons training version for the Royal Navy. Forty ex-RAF Hunter F.4s were converted into the Hunter GA.11. The GA.11 was fitted with an arrester hook and some later had a Harley light. The guns were removed.
;Hunter PR.11
:Single-seat reconnaissance version for the Royal Navy. The nose was as on the FR.10.
;Hunter Mk 12
:Two-seat avionic development trials aircraft for the
Royal Aircraft Establishment
The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) was a British research establishment, known by several different names during its history, that eventually came under the aegis of the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), bef ...
. One built, converted from an F.6 airframe.
Export versions
;Hunter Mk 50
:Export version of the Hunter F.4 fighter for
Sweden
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. Swedish designation J 34, 120 built.
;Hunter Mk 51
:Export version of the Hunter F.4 fighter for
Denmark
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, 30 built.
;Hunter Mk 52
:Export version of the Hunter F.4 fighter for
Peru
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, 16 conversions from F.4s
;Hunter T.53
:Export version of the Hunter T.7 trainer for Denmark, two built.
;Hunter Mk 56
:Export version of the Hunter F.6 fighter for
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
, 160 built. Brake parachute added and the provision to carry 500 lb (227 kg) bombs, minor changes to the avionic systems including the removal of the UHF radio facility.
;Hunter FGA.56A
:Export version of the Hunter FGA.9 ground-attack fighter for India.
;Hunter FGA.57
:Export version of the Hunter FGA.9 ground-attack fighter for
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...
, four conversions from F.6s.
;Hunter Mk 58
:Export version of the Hunter F.6 fighter for
Switzerland
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, 88 built and 12 conversions from F.6s.
;Hunter Mk 58A
:Export version of the Hunter FGA.9 ground-attack fighter for Switzerland. 52 conversions from other marks.
;Hunter FGA.59
:Export version of the Hunter FGA.9 ground-attack fighter for
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
, 24 conversions.
;Hunter FGA.59A
:18 aircraft were sold to Iraq as part of a follow-on order, 18 conversions from F.6s.
;Hunter FGA.59B
:Four aircraft were sold to Iraq as part of a follow-on order, 4 conversions from F.6s.
;Hunter F.60
:Export version of the Hunter F.6 fighter for
Saudi Arabia
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, 4 conversions from F.6s.
;Hunter T.62
:Export version of the Hunter T.7 trainer for Peru.
;Hunter T.66
:Two-seat training version for the Indian Air Force, powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon 200-series turbojet engine, 20-built.
;Hunter T.66A
:A composite Hunter, built from a damaged Belgian F.6 bought back by the company, and a 2-seat nose originally built for display at the Paris Salon. Used as a demonstration aircraft, registered G-APUX. Finished in red and white, and used for promotional displays and in evaluations. Later sold to Chile as a T.72.
;Hunter T.66B
:Export version of the Hunter T.66 trainer for
Jordan
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, one-built and two-conversions.
;Hunter T.66C
:Export version of the Hunter T.66 trainer for
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
, three conversions from F.6s.
;Hunter T.66D
:12 aircraft sold to India as part of a follow-on order, converted from F.6s.
;Hunter T.66E
:Five aircraft sold to India as part of a follow-on order, converted from F.6s.
;Hunter T.67
:Export version of the Hunter T.66 trainer for Kuwait, four conversions from F.6s.
;Hunter T.68
:Export version of the Hunter T.66 trainer for Switzerland, eight conversions from F.5s and Mk 50s.
;Hunter T.69
:Export version of the Hunter T.66 trainer for Iraq, three conversions from F.6s.
;Hunter FGA.70
:Export version of the Hunter FGA.9 ground-attack fighter for Lebanon, four conversions from F.6s.
;Hunter FGA.70A
:Lebanon.
;Hunter T.70
:This was the unofficial designation given to two ex-RAF Hunter T.7s sold to Saudi Arabia.
;Hunter FGA.71
:export version of the Hunter FGA.9 ground-attack fighter for
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
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;Hunter FR.71A
:Export version of the Hunter FR.10 reconnaissance aircraft for Chile.
;Hunter T.72
:Export version of the T.66 trainer for Chile.
;Hunter FGA.73
:Export version of the Hunter FGA.9 ground-attack fighter for Jordan.
;Hunter FGA.73A
:Four aircraft sold to Jordan as part of a follow-on order.
;Hunter FGA.73B
:Three aircraft sold to Jordan as part of a follow-on order.
;Hunter FGA.74
:12× Export version of the Hunter FGA.9 ground-attack fighter for
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
, upgraded in late 1970s and re-designated as Hunter F.74S.
;Hunter FR.74A
:4× Export version of the Hunter FR.10 reconnaissance aircraft for Singapore, upgraded in late 1970s and re-designated as Hunter FR.74S.
;Hunter FR.74B
:22× aircraft delivered to Singapore as part of a follow order, upgraded in late 1970s and re-designated as Hunter FR.74S.
;Hunter T.75
:4× Export version of the Hunter T.66 trainer for Singapore, upgraded in late 1970s and re-designated as Hunter T.75S.
;Hunter T.75A
:4× aircraft delivered to Singapore as part of a follow-on order (A fifth aircraft was lost in an accident before delivery), upgraded in late 1970s and re-designated as Hunter T.75S.
;Hunter FGA.76
:Export version of the Hunter FGA.9 ground-attack fighter for Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area.
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;Hunter FR.76A
:Export version of the Hunter FR.10 reconnaissance aircraft for Abu Dhabi.
;Hunter T.77
:Export version of the Hunter T.7 trainer for Abu Dhabi.
;Hunter FGA.78
:Export version of the Hunter FGA.9 ground-attack fighter for Qatar
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;Hunter T.79
:Export version of the Hunter T.7 trainer for Qatar.
;Hunter FGA.80
:Ex-RAF FGA.9 ground-attack fighter sold to Kenya
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;Hunter T.81
:Export version of the Hunter T.66 trainer for Kenya.
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
* Deacon, Ray. ''Hawker Hunter - 50 Golden Years''. Feltham, UK: Vogelsang Publications, 2001. .
* Griffin, David. ''Hawker Hunter 1951 to 2007''. Tacoma, WA, USA: Lulu Enterprises. www.Lulu.com, 2007. .
* Hannah, Donald. ''Hawker FlyPast Reference Library''. Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK: Key Publishing Ltd., 1982. .
* Jackson, Robert. ''Modern Combat Aircraft 15, Hawker Hunter''. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Cromwell Books, 1982, .
* James, Derek N. ''Hawker, an Aircraft Album No. 5''. New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1973. . (First published in the UK by Ian Allan in 1972.)
* Mason, Francis K. ''Hawker Aircraft since 1920.'' London: Putnam, 1991.
* Winchester, Jim, ed. "Hawker Hunter." ''Military Aircraft of the Cold War (The Aviation Factfile)''. London: Grange Books plc, 2006. .
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