Hawker Hunter

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fighter aircraft ground-attack aircraft jet aircraft military aircraft

The Hawker Hunter is a British transonic jet-powered fighter aircraft of the 1950s that became widely used by the Royal Air Force and numerous foreign air forces for both air defense and ground-attack roles.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hawker Hunter F.1	1
Hawker Hunter F.4	1
Hawker Hunter F.6	1
Hawker Hunter FGA.9	1
Hawker Hunter T.7	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fighter aircraft ⓘ ground-attack aircraft ⓘ jet aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ
airIntakeType	fuselage side intakes ⓘ
configuration	single-seat ⓘ tandem two-seat trainer variants ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
designer	Sydney Camm ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
firstFlight	1951-07-20 ⓘ
introduced	1954 ⓘ
manufacturer	Hawker Aircraft ⓘ Hawker Siddeley ⓘ
maximumSpeedClass	transonic ⓘ
notableVariant	Hawker Hunter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hawker Hunter F.1 Hawker Hunter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hawker Hunter F.4 Hawker Hunter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hawker Hunter F.6 Hawker Hunter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hawker Hunter FGA.9 Hawker Hunter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hawker Hunter T.7
operatorType	air force ⓘ
originatingCompany	Hawker Aircraft ⓘ
originPeriod	1950s ⓘ
powerplant	Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet
primaryUser	Indian Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ Swiss Air Force ⓘ
retiredFromRAF	1994 ⓘ
role	fighter ⓘ fighter-bomber ⓘ ground-attack ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ trainer ⓘ
status	in limited civilian and military use ⓘ retired from front-line RAF service ⓘ
successorCompany	Hawker Siddeley ⓘ
tailConfiguration	conventional tail ⓘ
usedBy	Belgian Air Force ⓘ Chilean Air Force ⓘ Royal Danish Air Force ⓘ surface form: Danish Air Force Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ surface form: Dutch Air Force Indian Air Force ⓘ Iraqi Air Force ⓘ Royal Jordanian Air Force ⓘ surface form: Jordanian Air Force Kenya Air Force ⓘ Lebanese Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force of Oman ⓘ surface form: Omani Air Force Peruvian Air Force ⓘ Qatar Emiri Air Force ⓘ Rhodesian Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ Republic of Singapore Air Force ⓘ surface form: Singapore Air Force Somali Air Force ⓘ Swedish Air Force ⓘ Swiss Air Force ⓘ
usedFor	air defence ⓘ close air support ⓘ fighter training ⓘ ground attack ⓘ
usedInConflict	Aden Emergency ⓘ Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ Suez Crisis ⓘ
wingConfiguration	swept wing ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

No. 11 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hunter ⓘ

No. 41 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hunter ⓘ

Hawker Aircraft → designed → Hawker Hunter ⓘ

Sydney Camm → designed → Hawker Hunter ⓘ

Camm → designed → Hawker Hunter ⓘ

subject surface form: Sydney Camm

Hawker Aircraft → notableProduct → Hawker Hunter ⓘ

Hawker Siddeley → notableProduct → Hawker Hunter ⓘ