Although they may not take center stage like fighter jets and bombers, trainer aircraft and aerobatic aircraft play an important part for the UK Royal Air Force (RAF). So much so that they will ...

Following 40 years of service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) and decades of training with the Royal Navy, the Hawk T1 jets are getting retired. The veteran aircraft flew around the UK this week to say ...

Draken’s L-159Es will take over the aggressor role of the recently retired Hawk T1 fleet. The Royal Air Force awarded a six-year contract to Draken to provide aggressor aircraft to support the ...

The UK withdrew the last of its Hawk T1 training aircraft in March after 45 years of service, although the global fleet will remain above 500 throughout the 2020s, generating $6 billion in MRO dermand ...

A continuing shortage of capacity in its flying training organisation has led the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) to return to training pilots on Hawk T1 aircraft, three years after it retired the analog ...

The first equipment from the UK's tri-service Military Flying Training System (MFTS) has been accepted for use at Royal Air Force base Valley in north Wales, as planners prepare to conduct an internal ...