Less than half of the Service's Hawk T2 fleet is currently available MPs criticised RAF chiefs for making a mess of the training programme Cash-strapped RAF chiefs are burning millions of pounds ...

Some 27 RAF pilots are already being trained in America and Italy at a yearly cost of £55million due to problems with the Hawk T2 trainer jets. But military chiefs have warned that shifting all ...

which could lead to the loss of an initial 50-70 maintenance jobs at RAF Valley. "In relation to the T2 Hawk there is a threat of greater job losses in the proposal, which could see a further over ...

who pointed to hold-ups at RAF Valley where fast jet recruits suffered years-long delays in learning how to fly the Hawk T2.

A sonic boom shocked residents as an RAF Hawk aircraft ran a "high speed dive" as part of a test flight. It happened at about 11:45 GMT and was heard over Norwich city centre plus suburbs ...