"Flying a jet is a new experience, alright. It's as if you were lifted on the wings of an angel."
-Lt. Mike Richardson, Paternian Air Force.

The F-3A Hawk is a Paternian jet fighter designed by Dr. Linda Weiss, and was in response to German and British developments. Armed with four 12.7mm M3 machine guns, each with a rate of 900 rpm per gun and blessed with good speed and maneuverability, it is an excellent air superiority fighter. The Hawk would serve in the Paternian Air Force for many years, mostly with the -B, -C -D variants. The former would provide it a larger engine but remain visually identical, the second would introduce radar that would move the intakes to under the belly, and the latter would introduce surface-air missiles.