Saudi Arabia Rolled Out First Locally Assembled Hawk Jet Training Aircraft

Saudi Arabia has rolled out first locally assembled Hawk T.165 Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) aircraft on Sunday.
According to several media reports, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled the plane during a ceremony at King Abdulaziz Air Base in the Eastern Province, witnessed by princes and officials.
Upon arrival, the Crown Prince was briefed on the assembling and manufacturing stages of the main parts of the aircraft by Saudi youth, who comprise over 70 percent of the workforce tasked with assembling 22 Hawk aircraft.
At the ceremony, the Crown Prince signed the aircraft, and a video showed the captain asking the Crown Prince’s permission to take off.
“In the name of God, and with the blessing of God, fly above the most precious land,” Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said.
The Hawk is a British single-engine, jet-powered advanced trainer aircraft developed by BAE Systems. Nearly 1,000 have been ordered, with aircraft delivered to 18 countries across the globe. Built on more than 35 years of fast jet training experience, Hawk has been used to train many pilots flying current and new generation combat aircraft today, with more than 3.5 million flying hours achieved.
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) also has a fleet of Hawk T-65 and T-65A aircraft, including the Saudi Hawk acrobatic team.

[@adeeever1028]

Ma sha Allah Tabarak ALLAH. ALLAH will Protect Saudi from all Fitan. Aameen

[@hbnkasflik3202]

nice first step to aviation industry . while producing from scratch is ecnommicaly unacceptable , assembling is much cheaper.

[@AbidKhan-km1qm]

ماشاءاللہ تبارك الله

[@irfan1373]

ماشا اللہ

[@algreen9592]

Locally Assembled in 2019 . It was produced in 1974 ...

[@usmanfbh]

It's a 1st Baby step towards future's Tech revolution in that Part of the world Just wait a little and watch Mr Green .

[@algreen9592]

@@usmanfbh I'm positive that they will be able to locally assemble ( not produce ) Euro-fighter in little 2040 . will be watching .

[@usmanfbh]

@@algreen9592 , The industrial revolution is extremely needed in that part of the Region like Europe , u.s and china to distract and to Truly use the young people's Talent. I hope God is Listening too

[@someone-wi4xl]

everyone start somewhere i mean i can play the same game and mock Europe for having Civilization THOUSANDS of years after the Middle East or how your ancestors die from rats and having bad hygiene, while the Arabian Caliphate was building universities and hospitals in the Medieval times a day for you .. and a day against you who knows .. perhaps 150 years from now Europe will be in Chaos .. while the East rises once again we are starting to see this today only God knows so stop being arrogant

[@algreen9592]

There is no start for uncivilized , evil , violent , medieval , barbaric wahhabist extremist . mY ancestor has already university and hospital thousand of year before mohammad story ever appeared . you played the wrong game I'm from middle-east ( assyrian root ) .