Hawker Sea Hawk
1947 carrier-based fighter aircraft
The Hawker Sea Hawk is a British military jet aircraft. It was designed and built as a fighter aircraft for the Royal Navy. It was designed and built for operations from the British aircraft carriers. Foreign operators were Germany, India, and Netherlands. Hawker Sea Hawk were used by the British in the Suez Canal crisis of 1956, and by Indians in Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
| Hawker Sea Hawk | |
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| Fleet Air Arm's Hawker Sea Hawk in flight. | |
| Role | Fighter jet. |
| National origin | UK |
| Manufacturer | Hawker |
| First flight | 1947 |
| Introduction | 1953 |
| Status | Out of service |
| Primary user | Fleet Air Arm |
| Number built | 542 examples |
