Buccaneer - Hoodie EA-6B It's first deployment was on

It's first deployment was on the aircraft carrier USS Kittyhawk in the role of all-weather airborne early warning and command and control

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The Hawker was also exported to other air forces as a low-cost combat aircraft

In 1972 the Phantom replaced the Sea Vixen

In 1963 the company was merged into Hawker Siddeley

Buccaneer - Hoodie EA-6B It's first deployment was onBlackburn Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer The Buccaneer first came into service with the Royal Navy as a carrier borne aircraft in 1962. As well as in an anti shipping role, the Buccaneer was capable of delivering nuclear weapons. When the RN retired the Buccaneer in 1978, the RAF took it on as a low level strike aircraft. It became the S. 2B with updated RAF avionics, carried Martel missiles and had an extra fuel tank in its bomb bay. The low level