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Royal Air Force opens new Hawk maintainer facility

21st November 2023 - 10:11 GMT | by Norbert Neumann in London

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The RAF Hawk T2 fast jet training aircraft’s Rolls-Royce engine has been experiencing technical issues which was expected to reduce the force’s training pipeline capacity. (Photo: BAE Systems)

Amid ongoing challenges with technical issues in the Rolls-Royce engines of the Royal Air Force's Hawk T2 fast jet training aircraft, the service has inaugurated a new maintenance training facility.

The Royal Air Force (RAF) has opened a new £1 million (US$1.2 million) training facility to train ground crew maintainers for the service’s Hawk trainer aircraft fleet.

Hawk manufacturer BAE Systems and the RAF have transformed a bay previously used for engine maintenance at the station into a facility. The training centre has been set out to equip Babcock International apprentices with the skills to support ejection seat training for pilots at the station.

BAE Systems and Babcock have been responsible for providing availability support to the Hawk T2 fleet based at RAF Valley.

‘This investment by the RAF and BAE Systems

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