This Hawker Hunter F6 (IF-65) was a single engine and single seat jet fighter in the Belgian Air Force.

History of the IF-65 :

Builder : Fairey
C/N : 8815/T146
Date In : Apr 1958
Date Out : Jun 1962
IF-65/ OV-P, gate guard Bevingen, stored Kapellen, stored Beauvechain, monument roundabout Chièvres

Barely one year after the delivery of the first Hawker Hunter F.4 to the Belgian Air Force, the first Hunters of the improved F.6 version joined the Belgian fighter units. The F.6 variant was powered by the more powerful Rolls-Royce Avon 203 engine producing 10.000lbs of thrust at sea level (an 25% increase over the F.4’s Avon 100). Early on in its service life the Hunter F.6 was retrofitted with a “saw-tooth” wing that prevented a “pith-up” effect at higher speeds and made the aircraft easier to control in high-speed turns. This modification was later introduced in the course of the production process. Additionally the F.6 was also equipped with a 'flying-tail' meaning that besides its power-assisted elevators the fighter was also equipped with an electrically operated variable incidence tail plane. A liquid fuel (AVPIN) starting system replaced the cartridges, resulting in a considerably reduced scramble time. Furthermore, these aircraft could carry wing pylon tanks giving them a greater range while a more advanced radio and navigation system was introduced. All these improvements allowed the Hunter to easily compete with most of the fighters of its generation but unfortunately not for long. The new class of Mach 2 capable fighters/interceptors was already being tested out.

Only a single Belgian Hunter F6 (IF-65) remains preserved on a roundabout near Chièvres airbase.
The Hawker Hunter F.6 was also the mount of the famous Belgian aerobatic Team the Red Devils (Rode Duivels, Diables Rouges). The team gave their first presentation at the Valenciennes airshow in France on June 12th, 1957 while the last show of the team on Hunter took place at Chièvres airbase on June 23rd, 1963.

(Source: https://www.belgian-wings.be)

Installation :
- unzip the livery-hawker-hunter-f6-if65.zip file
- put the folder "livery-hawker-hunter-f6-if65" in your community folder