List of Hawker Hunter operators

Main article: Hawker Hunter

The following is a list of units that have used the Hawker Hunter fighter aircraft.

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Operators

 Abu Dhabi /  United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates Air Force

 Belgium

Belgian Air Force
(112 x F.4, 144 x F.6)

 Chile

Chilean Air Force
Hawker Hunter FGA9 Chilean Air Force

 Denmark

Danish Hawker Hunter F.Mk.51
Royal Danish Air Force

 Iraq

Iraqi Air Force

 India

Indian Air Force

 Jordan

Hunter F.73 of the Royal Jordanian Air Force in 1971
Royal Jordanian Air Force

 Kenya

Kenyan Air Force

 Kuwait

Kuwait Air Force 4 x FGA.57 and 5 x T.67

As part of a defence agreement between the United Kingdom and Kuwait four FGA Mk 57 single-seaters (converted from former Belgian Mark 6 aircraft) and five T Mk 67 twin-seat trainers (converted from former British, Belgian and Dutch single-seat aircraft were sold to Kuwait. The single-seaters were delivered between 1965 and 1966 and the two-seaters in two batches, two in 1965 and thee in 1969. The single-seat aircraft were withdrawn in 1976 when they were replaced by the A-4 Skyhawk but the two-seat Hunters carried on in a training role.

 Lebanon

Lebanese Air Force

Lebanon received 19 aircraft (12 from UK, 7 from Belgium). One was lost in the Six-Day War, 8 remaining are a mix of FGA.70, FGA.6 and T.66C. Three were sold as spare parts. The Last 4 active Hunters were withdrawn from service the by the end of 2014.

 Netherlands

A Hunter F.6A of the Dutch Hawker Hunter Foundation painted to represent a Royal Netherlands Air Force aircraft in 2009
Royal Netherlands Air Force

 Oman

Royal Air Force of Oman

 Peru

The Peruvian Air Force received 16 Hunter F.52 in 1956 and one Hunter T.62 in 1960. They equipped the 12th Fighter Group based in Talara, near the border with Ecuador. The last Peruvian Hunters were withdrawn from service in 1980.[1]

Peruvian Air Force

 Qatar

Qatar Emiri Air Force

 Rhodesia

Royal Rhodesian Air Force

 Saudi Arabia

Royal Saudi Air Force 4 x F.60 and 2 x T.7

As part of the Magic Carpet arms deal between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, four single-seat Hunter F.6s and two Hunter T.7s were ordered from Hawker in 1966. The aircraft were delivered to No. 6 Squadron at Khamis Mushayt Airbase in May 1966. Although the Hunters were operational following attacks on Saudi Arabia by the Egyptian Air Force they were not a success as interceptors as they lacked any ground control but were used for ground attack. One single-seat aircraft was lost in 1967 and the remaining aircraft were presented to Jordan in 1968.

 Singapore

Hawker Hunter F.74S Singapore Paya Lebar Air Base
Republic of Singapore Air Force

Ordered in 1968 with delivery starting in 1971 and completed in 1973, the RSAF operated a total of 46 Hunters (12× FGA.74s, 26× FR.74A/Bs and 8× T.75/As, excluding one T.75A which was lost in accident before delivery) from 1971 to 1992.[2] Only 4 were preserved as museum exhibits while the remaining 21 airworthy airframes were sold to an Australian Warbird broker, Pacific Hunter Aviation Pty, in 1995.[3]

 Somalia

Somali Air Corps

 Sweden

Swedish Airforce J34 Hunter, 1955
Royal Swedish Air Force

  Switzerland

Swiss Hawker Hunter Mk58 on display
Swiss Air Force

 United Kingdom

Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment
Empire Test Pilots' School
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy - Fleet Air Arm

 Zimbabwe

Air Force of Zimbabwe

References

  1. John Andrade, Latin-American Military Aviation, (Leicester: Midland Counties Publications, 1982), p. 239.
  2. Peter, Atkins (November 1994). "Singapore or Bust". Air Forces Monthly (Key Publishing Ltd) (67). ISSN 0955-7091.
  3. "HUNTERS FOR SALE". Pacific Hunter Aviation. Retrieved 15 April 2011.

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