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British Aerospace Put Up A Formation Fly-By Of 16 Hawks As Part Of Its Display Routine At Farnborough This Year. Fourteen Raf Hawk Mk 1s From Raf Valley Painted In Their New High-Vis Black Livery Plus Bae Hawk 100 And Hawk 200 Demonstrators Carried The Flags Of The Hawk's 14 Customer Nations (Two Raf Hawks Were Flag-Less). Over 700 Hawks Have Been Delivered Or Are On Order Thus Far, Including More Than 200 Mcdonnell Douglas Developed T-45a Goshawks On Order For The Us Navy. The Customer Nations In Order Of Contract Signature Are The Uk, Finland, Kenya, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Usa, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Korea, Oman And Malaysia. The Hawk Is Also One Of The Leading Contenders To Meet The Raaf’s Lead-In Fighter Requirement, Which Was Detailed In Our October Edition. (Bae)
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Malaysia Wants More Hornets
Malaysia has approached the Us Navy and McDonnell Douglas for information on the price and availability of 10 or 16 F/A-18D Hornets in addition to the eight it ordered in December 1993. The first batch of eight is scheduled for delivery in late 1996, but any extra aircraft cannot be financed by Malaysia until the start of its next five-year plan in 1996. McDonnell Douglas is in a position to start deliveries from October 1997 if an order is placed next year.
Malaysia’s military aircraft procurement is complicated by its order for 18 Mig-29s, seen by many observers as an unnecessary duplication of role and logistics demands for a small air force. Some analysts see the latest F/A-18 requests as a sign that Malaysia is having second thoughts about the Mig order; although a contract has been signed, performance and maintainability shortfalls are causing concern ahead of first deliveries. Russia, however, remains confident that it will deliver the first Mig-29 to Malaysia in 1995.
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