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FS2004 SAAF BAE Hawk Mk.120, #271 "Vlaggie" (textures only). This repaint is of an SAAF BAE Hawk Mk.120 #271 of 85 Combat Flying School (85 CFS) in the South African flag colors. During the service life of the Atlas Cheetah, a certain Cheetah with #307 was painted in the South African Flag colors and did airshow displays around the country and was known as "Vlaggie" in Afrikaans. During the Cheetah phase-out in April 2008, the SAAF painted the South African Flag colors onto two of its new BAE Hawk Mk.120's. The first was #271 and the second #272. The unveiling of the new new color scheme was at Africa Aerospace and Defence 2008 (AAD2008) where it did its first display in that scheme. This repaint has a few differences to it then the real scheme because of textures made by the developers that could not be changed like the real thing for example, missile rails, smurfs, fins and flap hinges are white and not in real life and the flap hinge housings are blue on the red underwing and red on the blue underwing, Textures only; requires IRHAWKT1.ZIP. Repaint by Morne Pieters.