A T-7A Red Hawk undergoes testing in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2023. The RAF is considering buying the Red Hawk, replacing its existing Hawk T2 trainer. (US Air Force/Chase Kohler)

From Hawk to Red Hawk: The RAF Might Buy the Boeing-Saab T-7 Trainer Jet

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The name overlap between the Hawk T2 and the T-7 Red Hawk is purely a coincidence, but the RAF is considering replacing the aging former with the latter.

On the sidelines of this week’s Farnborough Airshow in the UK, Boeing and Saab, joined by BAE Systems, signed a new teaming agreement that will formally offer the T-7 Red Hawk trainer to the British military.

The Royal Air Force currently employs the BAE Systems Hawk, which first entered service more than........

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