The Hawker Tempest, an evolution of the previous Typhoon, was a monoplane and single-engine fighter-bomber designed by the British aircraft company Hawker Aircraft and used mainly by the Royal Air Force; built with different engines, it entered service during the Second World War and remained in the departments of the air forces of India and Pakistan until the second half of the fifties.The Hawker Tempest, an evolution of the previous Typhoon, was a monoplane and single-engine fighter-bomber designed by the British aircraft company Hawker Aircraft and used mainly by the Royal Air Force; built with different engines, it entered service during the Second World War and remained in the departments of the air forces of India and Pakistan until the second half of the fifties.