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The Red Arrows was set up in 1954. Made up of some of the RAF's most elite pilots, members of the squad have flown in Folland Gnat and then the BAE Hawk.
For the Red Arrows, one problem is that none of these aircraft do what the team has always done with their Folland Gnat and BAE Hawk aircraft – represent British aerospace engineering.
04 January 2005 When Britain's world renowned aerobatic team the Red Arrows takes to the skies again later this year another landmark in the continuing success of BAE Systems' Hawk advanced jet ...
The UK's iconic aerobatics team the Red Arrows could soon be flying jets built overseas following BAE Systems' plan to axe nearly 2,000 jobs, MPs have warned. In a letter to the prime minister ...
A cross-party letter has called for orders of replacements of the Red Arrows' Hawk T1 jet to be brought forward to save jobs at BAE Systems and keep production in the UK.
Since 1954, the Red Arrows have flown only British-made jets—from the sleek Folland Gnat to the beloved BAE Hawk. Their predecessors, the Black Arrows, soared in Hawker Hunters.
BAE Systems has been awarded the decade-plus deal to continue servicing the UK’s Royal Air Force Hawk fleet, securing jobs in Lancashire and also in North Wales - home to No. 4 Flying Training ...
The Red Arrows fly BAE Systems-made Hawk T1s, single-engine jets that can reach speeds of Mach 1.2 (921 mph/1,482 kph) during dives.
Since being set up in 1954, The Red Arrows have flown British-made aircraft — first the Folland Gnat and then the BAE Hawk. Predecessors the Black Arrows flew British Hawker Hunters.
The Red Arrows was set up in 1954. Made up of some of the RAF's most elite pilots, members of the squad have flown in Folland Gnat and then the BAE Hawk. However, the T1 Hawk are set to be retired ...
The UK's iconic aerobatics team the Red Arrows could soon be flying jets built overseas following BAE Systems' plan to axe nearly 2,000 jobs, MPs have warned.