Hawker Hunter FGA.74 505

Singapore Air Defence Command - Hawker Hunter FGA.74 505 (msn 41H/680085, ex XJ632 and G-9-356), on the line with armourers preparing the ADEN gun pack for removal. A replacement gun pack rests on a trolley in the foreground, This aircraft is preserved at Jurong in Singapore. (The Royal Small Arms Factory ADEN, ADEN being an acronym for Armament Development ENfield, is a 30 mm revolver cannon used on many military aircraft, particularly those of the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm. Developed post-World War II primarily to meet Air Ministry's requirement for increased lethality in aircraft armament, the cannon is fired electrically and is fully automatic once it is loaded.)

Acronym Aden Armament Armourers Automatic Developed Electrically Enfield Fired Fully Increased Jurong Loaded Ministrys Particularly Post-world Primarily Removal Replacement Requirement Rests Revolver Trolley

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