Exercise Kernow Flag

A pair of 736 NAS Hawk T1s – XX189 ‘CR’ and XX317 ‘317’ – gets airborne from ‘HMS Seahawk’ during Exercise Kernow Flag. Bob Sharples THE FIRST ever Exercise Kernow Flag took place at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, Cornwall, in November. The airfield was transformed into a simulated aircraft carrier, ‘HMS Seahawk’, and rotaryand fixed-wing elements from the base formed part of a Carrier Task Group (CTG). More than 600 flying hours and multiple taskings were planned during the