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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Bahrain Air Force gets first Hawk jet trainer
The Royal Bahrain Air Force has formally accepted the first of six Hawk advanced jet trainers in a ceremony at the Farnborough International Air Show.

Piloted by BAE Systems test pilot Nat Makepeace and Lt Col Omar Ebrahim Mohamed Al Mahmood, instructor pilot of the RBAF, the aircraft flew into Farnborough with the Red Arrows before being handed over to Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain and Commander in Chief of the Bahraini Defence Force.

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