The RAF aerobatic display team’s Hawk T1 jets are due to leave service in 2030, fuelling speculation that a replacement based on a Russian design could be considered. But the Prime Minister said ...

The first Hawk T1 prototype, XX154, was flown for the first time by Hawker Siddeley's Chief Test pilot, Duncan Simpson on August 21, 1974. Since then, according to BAE Systems, more than 1,000 ...