Hawker Hunter

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HARS Aviation Museum

Ex-Singapore Air Force Hawker Hunter FR-74S XF437

The HARS Hunter was built as an F6 fighter and was one of 50 Hunters delivered to the Royal Air Force in 1956 as XF437.  Later, she was one of some 128 F6 Hunters upgraded in the early 1960s to a ground attack capable FGA.9 with a more powerful Avon 207 jet engine of 10,500lbs, plus new wing carrying hard points to hang rockets or bombs.

She was retired from RAF service in 1970 and was refurbished by Hawker as a photo reconnaissance capable FR-74S with the gun radar replaced by cameras and was one of four reconnaissance Hunters bought by the Singapore Air Force in 1971.

Retired in 1992 from the Singapore Air Force, it is airworthy and still fitted with a live Martin Baker ejection seat.