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Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), is a government contractor based in Newport News, Virginia, United States.It operates Dassault Mirage F1, Mk-58 Hawker Hunter, Israeli F-21 Kfir, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, and Aero L-39 Albatros military aircraft in tactical flight training roles for the United States Navy, United States Air Force, and Air National Guard.
The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was designed to take advantage of the newly developed Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engine and the swept wing , and was the first jet-powered aircraft produced by Hawker ...
The aircraft was a 1950s two-seat Hawker Hunter T7, registration G-BXFI [7] serial 41H-670815, [8] displaying its former military serial number WV372 as part of its livery. Having first flown for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in July 1955, it was rebuilt following a fire, returning to service in 1959 after conversion to T7 specification . [ 9 ]
A Kenyan Air Force Hawker Hunter crashes at Nairobi, Kenya, during celebrations marking the anniversary of self-rule in the former British colony, the airframe impacting only a few hundred yards from where President Jomo Kenyatta is addressing a public rally. The two crew of the fighter are killed instantly, with the jet narrowly missing a ...
On 7 February 1980 XV345 a Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B of No. 15 Squadron RAF lost a wing due to fatigue during a low level exercise at Nellis ranges, Nevada, United States, two killed. [48] On 12 February 1980 XK151 a Hawker Hunter FGA9 of No. 2 Tactical Weapons Unit flew into a mountain on the Isle of Skye while in cloud, one killed. [48]
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The eight Hunter F1s from the Day Fighter Leader Squadron of the Central Fighter Establishment departed RAF West Raynham, Norfolk, England at 10:50 to carry out the exercise at 45,000 feet (14,000 m) in the local area. Due to the expected bad weather later in the day the aircraft were scheduled to return to West Raynham overhead by 11:15.
Aug. 12—Two Alaskans, a pilot and a hunter, are presumed dead after their plane crashed in a narrow ravine in the southwest preserve area of Denali National Park and Preserve this week, National ...