HHrAviation - Hawker Harrier Aviation

Hawker Harrier Aviation(HHrA/HHrAviation) is a fictional UK Military Aviation Authority (MAA) approved and regulated Defence Contractor Flying Organisation (DCFO) which owns, operates and maintains a multiple-platform fleet of ex-military aircraft.

With 3 years of operating experience, we now have a proven track record of providing turnkey outsourced solutions to Government Agencies and Defence Contractors for the purpose of Trials Support, Aerial Threat Simulation and Mission Support Training.

In an environment where governments and contractors have to balance ever-increasing defence costs with budgetary constraints, HHrAviation’s service offerings provide cost effective and flexible turn-key solutions to ease the task and budgetary pressure on the defence community.

Founded on June 26th 2022 at our former home Hoton-Stanford Airport, formerly RAF Wymswold, HHrAviation’s fully deployable jets are flown & maintained by Suitably Qualified and Experienced former RAF, RN & Test Pilot personnel familiar with both trials management and the latest NATO training, systems and operational requirements.

The HHrAviation enabling Solution – sorties dedicated to the bespoke customer tasking cost effectively replicating the majority of the support profiles once accomplished within the Air Forces themselves ranging from all aerial combat training to trials support, photo chase and radar calibration.

HHrAviation’s multiple platform fleet of ex-military aircraft & helicopters provides the capability to meet the limitless foreseeable trials and combat training demands.

As of the 29th January 2025 we have fully moved to or new home at former RAF Cottesmore Rutland!
Unfortunately with our huge success has also bought the issue of outgrowing our former home at Hoton-Stanford Airport Leicester.
We were in the process of getting planning permission approval for a Type C Hanger but during our evaluation of HHrAviation's fleet we came to realise that even if we were granted permission we still wouldn't have the space we truly needed!
Inlight of this development we conducted various farewell flypasts and displays aswell as 1 huge finale flypast by all our aircraft at the 2025 Hoton-Stanford Airshow.
After the show we moved all our aircraft, personnel and other equipment over the next 6 or so months to HHrA Cottesmore in stages.
We can confirm now that we have fully vacated Hoton-Stanford Airport and our currently active aircraft are fully combat simulator ready.

In a "first of its kind" move, HHrAviation have purchased 3 A-7 Corsair II's and 2 Lockheed S-3 Viking being prepped in the future for a "QRA Tanker" role.
Our original idea was to have the Harrier T.12's take care of this duty but it has been found in a recent study that having 2 dedicated aircraft on QRA standby is much more cost-effective and it gives us the opportunity to have yet another type on the books!

Our stored aircraft are stored in Hanger X.
Should a requirement arise that cannot be covered by the performance envelope of the Harrier, Hawk and Jaguar fleet, HHrAviation’s suite of approvals enables it to either modify existing aircraft or source and certify a more suitable platform.

With approximately 140+ aircraft, HHrAviation operates the 2nd largest fleet of privately owned former military tactical jet, Prop aircraft & Helicopters in the world.

The company's fleet as of 2024 includes:

Airbus Military A400M Grizzly C.1a:
EC-404 - Air Worthy

Airitalia C-27J Spartan:
MM62133 - Stored

Avro Shackleton AEW.2:
WL756 - Stored

Avro Vulcan B.2:
XH558 - Air Worthy

BAe Systems 146-100 CC.2:
ZE700 - Stored

BAe Systems Harrier GR.9a:-
Air Worthy:
ZD320, ZD322, ZD327, ZD351, ZD375, ZD376, ZD379, ZD406, ZD408, ZD470, ZG474, ZG477, ZG858, ZG859
Stored:
ZD313, ZD318, ZD330, ZD404, ZD411, ZD462, ZG476, ZG501, ZG506, ZG508, ZG531

BAe Systems Harrier T.12a:-
Air Worthy:
ZH653, ZH656, ZH665
Stored:
ZH657, ZH665

BAe Systems HS-125-2 Dominie T.2:-
G-FFRA - Linda-Rose - Stored
G-FRAF - Shirley-May - Stored

BAe Systems HS-125 CC.3:-
Stored:
XD791, ZD704

BAe Systems HS-125-600B:
ZF130 - Stored

BAe Systems Nimrod R.1:
XV249 - Stored

Boeing E-3D+ Sentry AEW.1:
ZH102 - Stored

Boeing B-29 Superfortruss:

Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker:
63-8050 - Stored

Boeing KC-97R Stratocruiser:
22-2643 - Air Worthy

Dassault Aviation Breguet Br.1150 Atlantic:
MM41024 - Stored

Dassault Aviation Falcon 50:
T-783 - Stored

Dornier DO 228:
G-FPSH - "RAF Falcons"

Handley-Page Victor K.2 Tanker:
XH672 - Stored

Lockheed Martin C-130K Hercules C.5:
ZH885 - Air Worthy

Lockheed Martin F-16AM:-
Air Worthy:
J-015, J-230
Stored:
FA-25, FA-62, FA-84, FA-87, FA-101, FA-116, FA-132, FA-136
J-016, J-055, J-229, J-253

Lockheed Martin F-16BM:-
Air Worthy:
J-259
Stored:
FB-18, FB-24, J-252, J-265

Lockheed P-3C Orion:
15-8219 - Under Restoration

Lockheed S-3M Viking K.1:

Lockheed SP-2H Neptune:
213 - Stored

Transall C-160NG C.1 :
50+86 - Stored

Vickers Valiant K.1p:-
WZ399 - Stored

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