It was rebuilt as a two seat T.8 on behalf of the Royal Navy and was delivered to the Fleet Air Arm on 10th April 1959, making it one of the first T.8 conversions delivered. It initially went into service with RN 703 Sqn, before moving onto the strength of RN 764 Sqn, based at RNAS Lossiemouth. There it took on the identity '702/LM'.
It's next posting was to RNAS Brawdy and RN 759 Sqn, where it became aircraft '807' with a 'BY' shore code, and it remained with the Unit until it disbanded in 1969. 

During 1970 WT722 moved to RNAS Yeovilton and became a part of the Air Direction Training Unit (ADTU) pool of Hunters.
It was coded '742' for this purpose, and became a part of the FRADU when the Fleet Requirements Unit merged with the ADTU in 1972. It kept its ADTU call-sign until early 1974, when it was changed to '873' following a new coat of day-glo paint.
Sometime between 1980 and 1982 WT722, had a change of identity, when it became aircraft '878'.
It kept the call-sign throughout the rest of its FRADU career. From 1983 WT722 was the oldest Hunter in the FRADU fleet, and possibly the oldest flying anywhere in the world, yet its cockpit was continuously modified with up-to-date equipment in place of older systems. In 1994 it was retired from service at Yeovilton and was later flown to RAF Shawbury for disposal. 

It was entered in an auction at Phillips during 1995 with an amazing 9,500 flying hours and 12,500 landings under her belt!
It was sold to Barry Pearson of the Classic Jet Aircraft Company. It remained in storage at RAF Shawbury until mid 1996 when it was ferried down to the Classic Jets facility at Exeter Airport, being registered G-BWGN on the civil register.

During 2006, the aeroplane was moved by road to Kemble, where it is currently being assessed for restoration back to flying condition.

It emerged as a Hunter T.8 variant for the Royal Navy during 1959, and it entered service with RN 764 Sqn based at RNAS Lossiemouth. It then went to the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Bedford for a short spell before returning to RN 764 Sqn where it was coded '689'. It is believed to have also served with RN 759 Sqn, but this is unconfirmed at the time of writing.

It's next confirmed posting was to the Fleet Requirements Unit based at Hurn, where it arrived on 24th July 1970.
It received the call-sign '839' and it was used for contracted tasks and for pilot training.
The aircraft made the move to the FRU's new base at RNAS Yeovilton in October 1972, and two months later it became a part of the FRADU fleet. During 1974 WT799 was given a new call-sign, becoming '879' and it continued in service until September when it was withdrawn and placed in store at RAF Shawbury. It remained at the RAF base for 13 years before being put up for disposal in 1995. 

Purchased by Ipswich-based aircraft collector Richard Everett, WT799 was moved to its new home, where it remained until October 1997 when the aircraft was delivered to North Weald for restoration to flying condition.
Work began to return the aircraft to the air, but progress was slow and the aircraft eventually went into storage, and subsequently sold to Barry Pearson based in late-2000.
It arrived at Exeter Airport on 19th January 2001, and was until recently in open store on the Airport.

During 2006, WT799 was sold on eBay to a diving company based in Yorkshire.
It was moved by road to its new home, where initial plans were to sink it!
However, I understand it's been granted a stay of execution, for the time being at least. Watch this space!

It was delivered in May 1966 and it served as a trainer as 70/616 for the Saudi Hunter crews.
In 1967 it took part in retaliatory strikes against the Egyptian Air Force alongside the Saudi's single seat Hunters.
During 1968 70/616 was presented to the Royal Jordanian Air Force where it remained in service until being returned to the UK during 1974. 

Hawkers overhauled the aircraft and it re-entered RAF service as XX466. After periods with 229 OCU and 1TWU it was transferred to Navy charge in February 1984, operating out of RNAS Yeovilton with the FRADU as aircraft '879'.
It stayed in service for only eight months, as it was ferried to RAF Shawbury for storage in October 1984, where it remained for the next two years. 

On 14th May 1986 XX466 was moved by road to RNAS Culdrose for ground instructional use.
Officially taken on charge by the School of Aircraft Handling on the 15th May, XX466 was given the Navy maintenance serial 'A2738', and used for training taxi pilots. It was re-coded '830/DD' for SAH purposes in July 1986 and remained in service until 1993 when it was retired, and moved to RN 820 NAS' hangar for storage pending a decision on its future.
In August 1993 the aircraft made the short journey by road to RNAS Predannack where it was used for fire Crash rescue training, a job it kept until June 1996 when it was moved to the fire pits where it apparently expired soon after.

HOWEVER, IT LIVES ON!!! - The cockpit section of XX466 has recently been discovered on the Guernsey Airport Fire dump!
How it got there, or when it got there is a mystery!!! 

It was converted to a T.8 for the Fleet Air Arm and it went into service with RN 759 Sqn based at RNAS Brawdy.
It remained in service for at least five years as '809/BY' at the Welsh airfield before a move to RNAS Yeovilton followed.
Here it went into service with the Air Direction Training School and also the Yeovilton Station Flight as '748'. 

In 1972 the FRU and ADTU merged and hence FRADU was formed, WV396 was placed in store at 5MU Kemble as a reserve aircraft. It was subsequently refurbished and brought on strength during 1979 taking on the identity of '871', and it remained in service until 1985 when it was withdrawn and placed in store. It was back in service in 1986, this time as '879' with 'VL' tail code, and it remained on strength with these markings until being retired in 1995 when it was ferried to RAF Shawbury for storage. 

It was kept at Shawbury until 1997 when it was moved into the RAF Shawbury paint-shop and re-sprayed in a colour scheme representing a T.7 in 4FTS colours. It was then moved by road to take on its new role as gate guard for RAF Valley, the home of 4FTS where it remains today.

During 1970 the jet moved to RNAS Yeovilton and became a part of the Air Direction Training Unit, and it was given the codes '741/VL'. During 1972 the ADTU and incoming Fleet Requirements Unit merged to form the FRADU, XL598 continued in service with them for a couple of years, as '871'. During 1976/7 XL598 was placed in store at 5MU Kemble as a reserve aircraft.
It was photographed back in service with the FRADU during 1980, this time as '870'.
During late 1984 the aircraft was re-sprayed into an all grey colour scheme and re-coded '880/VL', and it continued in service until 1994 when it was retired and placed in store at Yeovilton. 

XL598 was subsequently sold at auction a few months later to South African businessman Mike Beachy Head, and he put it in the care of Barry Pover at Exeter to prepare it for the trip to Cape Town. It set off in company with another Hunter and a Canberra, arriving at it's new home a week later. It can now be seen painted up in Black Arrows colours, and flies actively on the SA show circuit, and also available for joyrides and test pilot courses, as part of the Thunder City fleet.