Not at all. While certainly not the pinnacle of air to air combat with the right missiles they've shot down their fair share of planes. But we're especially well suited to the anti insurgency of the 90s and 2000s

the first two do not appear to have fuel tanks, the rear two do. whether they were full or empty is speculation but i wpuld suspect they were full cause they had the longer roll

I believe they're landing spots for helicopters

Scrapped sadly

It's surprising that a fairly simple method would be rather effective in that regard. Though Catapaults allows for heavier takeoff weight

They should have continued to operate them until F-35 was ready to maintain skills at the very least, but also to cover the eventuality that we actually needed carrier air-power.

Once in a lifetime opportunity. I once got that chance too. In a different video of course.

The war ended because the Royal Navy showed up. "We ne'er see our foes but we wish them to stay, They never see us, but wish us away; If they run, why we follow, and run them ashore, For if they won't fight us, what can we do more?"

You realise ramp launching is generally faster than catapaults. No need to hook up etc though Catapaults have their own advantages

These are BAE Harrier 2’s, flown by the RAF.

@@TT-hd3zi yep your fight..not sea harriers

AV-8B harrier/Sea Harrier

@@sebastiaomendonca1477 nope, harrier GR9 these aren't McDonell these are British Aerospace. Not sea harriers either, they were retired I believe in 2006.

@@105aviation4 Yeah my bad, you're right

@@sebastiaomendonca1477 no worries!

MrAlwaysBlue do you like having a pull when watching the EMALS ?

By that logic you can say every aircraft wastes fuel taking off. Dumb comment.

@@sebastiaomendonca1477 They taxi for a long time.

@@MrAlwaysBlue so does every other aircraft ever, idling aircraft spend very little fuel

MrAlwaysBlue do you like having a pull when watching CATOBAR ?

She was launched in 1981, but was still under construction. Her sister ship, Invincible, went south. Her other sister, Illustrious, was rapidly completed and sailed south to relieve Invincible and Hermes at wars end.

hahaha,, fk idiot

Our carriers may be small, but they pack a punch.

@@gerardocuevas3330 Pwned

Martin Bayliss as an American I apologize for the con our government is pulling on the world with the F-35. 😔

The f35 has had some teething issues but when the are worked out they will be a vast improvement over both the fs2 and the gr7/9's better range sensor's take off weight speed and the rest

Apology accepted.

@@PenzancePete ....captain sensualeye 😁😁😁

@@johnstevenson1709 Do you mean the F/A2? ...the same F/A2 they put up against F22s in the early 2000s at Red Flag (I believe)...leading to what was rumoured to be embarrassing results for the F22 (somewhat the same as when the F22 met the EF Typhoon on exercise). So yes, they were old, but they were of the same thoroughbred as the Jaguar and Buccaneer. Combat aircraft that were feared the world over, and used to devastating effect. The 35...gives me pause. A ripped off and modified Soviet design passed off as an all American stealth fighter that the Soviets even passed on the design as 'thoroughly problematic and maintenance heavy'.

Yes inter service politics the US Marines want navy don't the did not come up with the idea