The Hawker Siddeley Harrier is a British jet-powered attack aircraft designed and produced by the British aerospace company Hawker Siddeley. It was the first operational ground attack and reconnaissan
AV-8S Matador in flight
Hawker Siddeley XV-6A Kestrel in later USAF markings
AV-8C Harrier taking off from an amphibious transport dock ship
An RAF Harrier GR.1, on loan to the USMC, displaying its underside with a full load of bombs
The British Aerospace Harrier II is a second-generation vertical/short takeoff and landing jet aircraft used previously by the Royal Air Force and, between 2006 and 2010, the Royal Navy. The aircraft
Hawker Siddeley Harrier
…focused on ground-attack missions in support of the advancing British land force. The Harrier was also extensively redesigned as the AV-8B Harrier II and British Aerospace Harrier II by the team of McDonnell Douglas and British Aerospace. During the late 1980s and 1990s, the first-generation aircraft were gradually replaced by the…
An RAF Harrier GR9 over Afghanistan, 2008
RAF Harrier GR9 in flight, 2010
RAF Harrier II flying above RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, 2010
Harrier GR5 during a display at Bournemouth Airport, 1990