Number 4 Squadron, normally written as No. IV Squadron, is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. Since November 2011, it has operated the BAE Hawk T2 from RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales. The squadron provides weapons and tactics training for student pilots after they have completed their conversion to jet aircraft with No. XXV(F) Squadron. Between 1970 and January 2011, No. IV Squadron operated various marks of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier and British Aerospace Harrier II.
A Hawk T2 in 2013
Hawker Typhoon FR IB, number EK427; this aircraft was flown by IV Squadron (March 1945)
A Harrier GR9 of IV Squadron
A Hawk T2 with special markings for the 100th anniversary of the squadron, 2013
The BAE Systems Hawk is a British single-engine, jet-powered advanced trainer aircraft. It was first known as the Hawker Siddeley Hawk, and subsequently produced by its successor companies, British Aerospace and BAE Systems. It has been used in a training capacity and as a low-cost combat aircraft.
BAE Systems Hawk
A Royal Air Force Hawk T1A at Kemble Airport, Gloucestershire, with its pilot
The RAF Red Arrows depart the 2014 Royal International Air Tattoo, England, in a colour scheme that commemorates their 50th year.
RAF Hawk at Blackpool Airport, 2008
