BAE delivers Hawk aircraft to IAF
After completing a flight development contract for the Indian Air Force (IAF), the BAE Systems has completed delivery of the 24th and final UK built Hawk aircraft.
Following a 3,000 mile journey across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the aircraft flown by BAE Systems test pilots, arrived safely at Air Force station in Bidar, here on Friday.
First one
The aircraft, an HT001, which was actually the first IAF Hawk to be built, has for nearly three years served as a flight test platform and provided ground for integration of new systems and capabilities onto the IAF Hawk fleet, as well as development and acceptance flights. On arriving at Air Force Station in Bidar, home of the Indian Hawk fleet, the 24th HT001 is also the 860th Hawk delivered across the globe, by BAE.
