Built as an F.6 by Armstrong Whitworth at Coventry in 1955, this Hunter was issued to 208 Sqdn in Cyprus during 1958, returning to Hawker in late 1959 for an 18-month conversion to FR.10. After storage, to the A&AEE for camera trials in 1965. Following two years with the Ministry of Aviation, to 2 Sqdn Gutersloh until transfer to 229 OCU at the end of 1967. In March 1972 to Jordan as 853, passing to Oman three years later, used as an instructional frame from 1994. In 2003 flown to Brize Norton on a C-17 and placed on external display at RAF Museum Hendon. Now in outside store at Cosford.

On display here before being moved to storage at Cosford.

XF426 was built as an F.6 and served with 208 Squadron RAF before conversion to FR.10 standard. She was presented to the Royal Jordanian Air Force and re-serialled as 853. During 1975 she was gifted to the Sultan of Oman's Air Force (later Royal Air Force of Oman). By 1993 she had been retired and in 2003 RAFO donated her to the RAF Museum at Hendon, where she served as a gate guard. In March 2017 she was transferred to Cosford where she remains in open storage. (Information from Thunder and Lightnings.co.uk)

Previously XF426 with the RAF, this well travelled Hunter now spends her retirement on poles outside the super RAF Museum at Hendon.

Ex Jordan - Air Force and Oman - Air Force