The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval short take-off and vertical landing/vertical take-off and landing jet fighter, reconnaissance and attack aircraft. It is the second member of the Harrier f
A Sea Harrier FA2 of 801 NAS in flight at the Royal International Air Tattoo.
Harrier FRS.1 of 800 NAS using the ski-jump during takeoff from HMS Invincible in 1990
Harrier FA2 hovering. Bolt-on refuelling probe, top right
Sea Harrier FA2 ZA195 (upgrade) vector thrust nozzle – distinguishing feature of the jump jet
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The Falklands War was a ten-week war in the South Atlantic in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over possession of the Falkland Islands and its dependencies of South Georgia and the South
British Aerospace Sea Harrier
…of the subsonic Sea Harrier was to provide air defence for Royal Navy task groups centred around the aircraft carriers. The Sea Harrier served in the Falklands War and the Balkans conflicts; on all occasions it mainly operated from aircraft carriers positioned within the conflict zone. Its usage in the Falklands…
HMS Broadsword and Hermes, 1982
Etendard en 1982
HMS Antelope 1982
Argentine PO Ws