The fighter aircraft is fitted with a Sky Guardian Radar warning receiver and wingtip air-to-air missile rails (AFP?Representative Photo).
Kuala Lumpur: The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) has reported that it has lost contact with a Hawk 108 fighter jet which is believed to have gone missing north of Kuantan near the Pahang-Terengganu border.
The RMAF said in a statement that contact was lost after the aircraft took off from the Kuantan airbase, according to Malaysian News Agency (Bernama).
The RMAF has launched a search-and-rescue operation.
Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein expressed concern over the incident.
The RMAF has launched a search-and-rescue operation.
