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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

BAE Systems delivers the first Hawk advanced jet trainer to the RBAF

Hawk Mk 129 advanced jet trainerThe world-renowned Red Arrows have helped BAE Systems deliver the first of six new-generation Hawk advanced jet trainers to the Royal Bahrain Air Force (RBAF) at a ceremony held during the Farnborough International Air Show.

Piloted by BAE Systems test pilot Nat Makepeace and Lt Col Omar Ebrahim Mohamed Al Mahmood, F-16 pilot instructor for the RBAF, the aircraft flew into Farnborough formation with the world famous Red Arrows aerobatic team before being handed over to His Highness Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain, and Commander in Chief of the Bahraini Defence Force, Colonel Hamad bin Abdullah Hamad Al Khalifa, the Commander of the RBAF was also in attendance.

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