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One of a four-ship flight conducting a stream takeoff towards an afternoon’s aggressor training detail east of the Yorkshire Coast, a 100 Squadron Hawk T Mk1 lifts from Runway 16 at RAF Leeming as SAVAGE42, wearing a commemorative scheme signifying the type’s imminent retirement from active service with the Royal Air Force at the end of March 2022.
Introduced to the RAF for advanced jet training in 1976, the Rolls-Royce Adour turbofan-powered Hawk has enjoyed, and continues to build, upon decades of service both at home and abroad, with great success as an export to other air forces in many variants.
Originally slated for a 2030 withdrawal from military service by the Ministry of Defence, the date has been brought forward to this spring, with the RAF Red Arrows aerobatic team set to continue using the type alone – leaving a mixture of increased synthetic training strategies, and some of the modernised Hawk T Mk2 to continue the training role in the RAF.
Nikon D850, AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/4 ED VR
