5 BAe Hawks from the Royal Saudi Air Force display team in a brief break in the clouds at RAF Waddington International Airshow 2012.

The Saudi Hawks, flying 6 BAe Hawk jets, painted in green and white the national colours of Saudi Arabia, were formed in 1998 to represent the Saudi nation and act as ambassadors across the world. The Team, who are based at King Faisal Air Base Tabuk, completed their first public display in 1999, over the capital city of Riyadh, which marked the 100th Anniversary of the nation of Saudi Arabia. Since then the team have gone from strength to strength, completing tours across the Middle East and Europe, appearing in the UK for the first time last year.