In this section, there are a number of short articles and other links relating to the Hawk era. Please click on the photographs below to access the articles.
Click on the picture on the left to read the article ‘How Fast is Fast?’ that was published in the July 2002 edition of ‘Ride’ Magazine, featuring Flying Officer John ‘JT’ Townsend of 208 Squadron.
‘Ride’ Magazine - July 2002
GAPAN Visit - 27 Feb 2003
Click on the picture on the left to read the 2003 Hawk Display Brochure, featuring Flight Lieutenant Steve Kenworthy of 208 (Reserve) Squadron.
El-Alamein Anniversary Flypast - 26 Oct 2002
Click on the text on the left to read Wing Commander Neil Meadows’ second Letter from the Squadron to the Naval Eight / 208 Squadron Association in 2002.
2003 Hawk Display Brochure
Click on the picture on the right to read an account of the visit to RAF Valley and 28 Squadron by members of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators on 27 February 2003. This article first appeared in the April 2003 edition of Guild News.
The Leigh Fox Award
Click on the picture on the right to read about the Leigh Fox Award for Achievement, presented by Mrs Fleur Fox in memory of her son, Flight Lieutenant Leigh Fox, who was killed in a mid-air collision in the USA in Oct 1997.
Letter from the Squadron - 2002
Click on the picture on the right to read about 208 Squadron’s 4-ship flypast of Perth to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Battle of El-Alamein on Saturday 26 October 2002.
Click on the picture on the left to read 208 Squadron’s ‘Valley Wings’ article for April and May 2003.