BRITISH AEROSPACE HAWK 102 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AIR FORCE
Sur cette photographie on voit quatre Hawk 102 en formation diamant lors du Al Ain Aerobatic Show - Abu Dhabi - Emirats Arabes Unis.
Le BAe Hawk est un avion militaire conçu par British Aerospace (maintenant BAE Systems) au début des années 1970. Initialement destiné à l'entraînement, il en a été dérivé des versions aptes aux missions d'attaque au sol ou de défense aérienne.
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The BAE Systems Hawk is a British single-engine, jet-powered advanced trainer aircraft. It was first flown at Dunsfold, Surrey, in 1974 as the Hawker Siddeley Hawk, and subsequently produced by its successor companies, British Aerospace and BAE Systems, respectively. It has been used in a training capacity and as a low-cost combat aircraft.
Hawk 102 – Export version for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Air Force. Fitted with wingtip missile rails and Racal Prophet radar warning receiver (RWR). Eighteen ordered in 1989 and delivered between April 1993 and March 1994.