With many of the ageing BAE Hawk T1 planes now more than half a century ... But cases of the T2’s engines “blowing up” have led to severe delays in flight training, and were behind proposals ...

The youngest is 43. Ministers insist the Hawk T1s – engineered by BAE Systems and powered with Rolls-Royce engines – will fly until the planned out-of-service date. Reform UK leader Nigel ...