HAWKER HUNTERS IN ALASKA?

[fubar57]

This is new to me. I was touring around my new app and I saw some Delta wing shaped aircraft. I wasn't aware this app picked up military aircraft.

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Touched the icon and this popped up

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I wasn't aware they were still in service. This is what the app shows when you zoom out...

 

[Wurger]

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The Hunters are flown by a civilian company now.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That's pretty cool!

 

[Gnomey]

Cool!

 

[me109g4]

Pulling this from memory , I believe the company is called "Atac". They contract out to DOD for various training scenarios. They lost one of their hunters either last yr. or the yr. b4 off the coast of Hawaii, think there is some video of it out there somewhere. I have picked them up a few times on the East cost near Norfolk Va. They are a bit "cagey" as they will appear for a period of time only to vanish completely then reappear a while later. Never heard of them up in Alaska though, glad you got a chance to observe them.