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The Sea Hawk was a single-seat jet fighter which entered service with the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm in 1953.
Six squadrons of Sea Hawks took part in operations after Egypt seized control of the Suez Canal. Between 1956 and 1957, Sea Hawks carried out ground attack missions against Egyptian installations.
This Sea Hawk served with training squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm at Abbotsinch and Lossiemouth, two Scottish airbases.
| Date: | 1954 |
| Mark: | F.2 |
| Crew: | 1 (pilot) |
| Top speed: | 599 mph (958 km/h) |
| Range: | 740 miles (1,191 km) |
| Weapons: | 4 x 20mm Hispano cannons |
The Sea Hawk with its wings folded in the Military Aviation hangar at the National Museum of Flight.
Close up of the painted tiger on the side of the Sea Hawk aircraft.
The cockpit of the Hawker Sea Hawk.
Between 1954 and 1958, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech and Slovak Republics) used the S-103 as its main jet fighter.
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The Jaguar was a tactical strike and reconnaissance fighter which could carry nuclear weapons.
The Lightning was the first supersonic jet fighter in the Royal Air Force.
The rocket-powered Komet was the fastest aircraft of the Second World War.
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The Sea Hawk was a single-seat jet fighter which entered service with the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm in 1953.
The Sea Venom was the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm’s first all-weather jet fighter.
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