It has faded a bit since my last visit to this plane a dozen years before...

Hawk 209s are not preserved in large numbers yet in 2025. To seek this one out, take the Madiun exit of the toll road and head South.

Hard to get a good shot of because of the fence placed tightly around it, so a night shot suffices nicely. Sixteen factory-fresh OV-10F were delivered under FMS conditions to the Indonesian Air Force (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Udara or TNI-AU) from 1976 onward (BuNo 160216 to 227 and 160295 to 298.) During its service life, six were lost in accidents and eight are preserved. That means two remain unaccounted for (TT-1001 and TT-1002.) These may still be stored at former home base Malang/Abdulrahman Saleh.

In 2025, Skadron Udara 1 is one of two squadrons that flies the Hawk.

During the parade celebrating 80 years of armed forces (TNI) over Jakarta, the participating Hawks displayed the colours of the Indonesian flag with white and red smoke. You can clearly see the remnants of that on its aft fuselage!

On 5 October 2025, during the HUT Ke-80 parade, this Hawk formed part of a five-ship.

In 2025, Skadron Udara 1 is one of two squadrons that flies the Hawk. Its operational life started a bit later than expected when an arms embargo on Indonesia was imposed. It sat stored at Warton because it could not be delivered after it was manufactured in September 1999. This affected the last six (TT-0227 to TT-0232) of the 32-strong order as the others were already delivered by the time the East-Timor (Timor-Leste) crisis occurred.

GBR ZH960. Sadly this aircraft was lost on October 19th 2000

On display at Museum Pusat TNI-AU Dirgantara Mandala. This Invader served with Skadron Udara 1 till 1977 and was the last fully armed Invader in military service. Seen here is its colourful shark nose. The placard by the aircraft states that it was used in Op. Trikora, Dwikora, Samber Kilat, Trisula and Seroja.

AURI (Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia) received 20 bomber aircraft from ML-KNIL (Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger) to form Bomber Squadron 1 which was headquartered in Cililitan, Jakarta (now Halim Perdanakusuma). The M-458 has been in the collection of the Satria Mandala Museum since 1976 and is one of the large twin-engine aircraft in the museum.

In 1996, Indonesia got 8 Hawk Mk109s. They received serials TT-101 to 104 for SkU1 and TT-1201 to 1204 for SkU12. Of these, TT-104 crashed on 19 October 2000 and the seven survivors were re-registered TL-0111 to 0113 for the SkU1 ones and TL-0101 to 0104 for the SkU12 ones.

Single seat Hawks somehow look a bit odd.