As reported resource Scramble.nl 1 September 2021, the first two received the air force Qatar combat training aircraft BAE Systems Hawk Mk 167 enrolled in the joint British-Qatari training squadron (Joint Qatar Emiri Air Force-RAF Hawk Training Squadron) on the British air base Liming, becoming the first of the ordered supplies for the squadron of nine aircraft of this type. The aircraft have a typical British dark color and carry both the British military numbers ZB131 and ZB133 and the identification marks of the Qatar Air Force and the Qatari tail numbers QA01 and QA03.
The first two received the air force of Qatar combat training aircraft BAE Systems Hawk Mk 167 (British war room ZB131 and ZB133, the Qatari side rooms QA01 and QA03), arrived in the joint British-Qatari training squadron (Joint Qatar Emiri Air Force-RAF Hawk Training Squadron) on the British air base Liming, 01.09.2021 (C) Anthony Hurson (via www.scramble.nl )
Qatar has signed a contract for the purchase of six Hawk Mk 167 aircraft as part of the annex to the intergovernmental contract signed with the United Kingdom in December 2017 for the purchase of 24 Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role fighters for the Qatari Air Force. Later, the contract for Hawk Mk 167 aircraft was expanded to nine units.
The contract for the purchase of 24 Eurofighter Typhoon fighters by Qatar included an additional agreement on providing training of Qatari Air Force personnel for these fighters in the UK, for which the formation of a joint training squadron of the British Air Force and Qatar, equipped with Hawk Mk 167 aircraft ordered by Qatar, was provided for at the British Leeming Air Base.
The Hawk Mk 167 aircraft are assembled at the BAE Systems enterprise in Bro in East Yorkshire and belong to the Hawk AJT version, being analogs of the Hawk T. 2 (Hawk Mk 128) aircraft in service with the British Air Force. Qatar became the 18th foreign customer of the Hawk family aircraft in the history of production since 1976, and the fourth foreign customer of the Hawk AJT series (after India, Saudi Arabia and Oman).
The first two received the air force of Qatar combat training aircraft BAE Systems Hawk Mk 167 (British war room ZB131 and ZB133, the Qatari side rooms QA01 and QA03), arrived in the joint British-Qatari training squadron (Joint Qatar Emiri Air Force-RAF Hawk Training Squadron) on the British air base Liming, 02.09.2021 (C) the Royal air force
