Royal Danish Air Force British made Hawker Hunter Jet Fighter Bomber

After World War Two Hawker’s Sydney Camm of Hawker Siddeley took advantage of the power of the new jet engines by developing the Hawker Hunter fighter-bomber. It first flew on 20th July 1951. Its Armament was Four 30 mm Aden guns in self contained removable package in underside of fuselage nose. Four underwing pylons. A world speed record of 728 miles per hour (1,172 kilometers per hour) was set by the test pilot of a Hawker hunter in 1953. Over 2,000 Hawker Hunter ground attack jet fighters were built by 1960. It remained in service until 1980 even though there were faster fighters being developed between 1960 and 1980. The Hawker Hunter did not require supersonic speed for attacking ground targets and could be refuelled and rearmed in five minutes