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===Malaysia=== The [[Royal Malaysian Air Force]] has 18 Hawk aircraft, consisting of 4 Hawk 108 export versions as training aircraft and 14 Hawk 208 as combat aircraft. On 5 March 2013, during the [[2013 Lahad Datu standoff]], five Hawk 208 together with three American-made [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet|Boeing F/A-18D Hornet]]s were employed in airstrikes on hideouts of the terrorist group Royal Security Forces of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo in Lahad Datu, Sabah ahead of the ground assault by joint forces of the Malaysian Army and Royal Malaysian Police.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/security-forces-stay-on-full-alert-1.229534?cache=03D163D03edding-pred-1.1176%2F%3FpFpentwage63Dp%3A%2Fhe3D03Dn63Frea-rti3D19.3D163D03edding-pred-1.1176%2F%3FpFpentwage63Dp%3A%2Fhe3D03Dn63Frea-rti3D19.111w5ii%2Fed-1.1176%2F%2F2.2525%2F2.2525%2F1.331200%3Fc%3Fke%3Fpage%3D0%3Fpage%3D0%3Fkey%3DMalaysia |title=Security forces stay on full alert |date=6 March 2013 |newspaper=New Straits Times |access-date=6 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200952/http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/security-forces-stay-on-full-alert-1.229534?cache=03D163D03edding-pred-1.1176%2F%3FpFpentwage63Dp%3A%2Fhe3D03Dn63Frea-rti3D19.3D163D03edding-pred-1.1176%2F%3FpFpentwage63Dp%3A%2Fhe3D03Dn63Frea-rti3D19.111w5ii%2Fed-1.1176%2F%2F2.2525%2F2.2525%2F1.331200%3Fc%3Fke%3Fpage%3D0%3Fpage%3D0%3Fkey%3DMalaysia |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Kate, Daniel Ten and Barry Porter. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-03-05/malaysia-begins-aerial-bombardment-of-armed-insurgents-in-Sabah "Malaysia Hunts for Philippine Muslim Fighters After Assault."] ''Bloomberg'', 5 March 2013.</ref>
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