Sea Harrier FA2

[@Parabueto]

Gotta admit, I would dearly love this to be put in DCS, an absolutely amazing aircraft.

[@Parabueto]

@Fighter Jet Pilot nope, Sea Harriers have decent atrack radars and can carry AMRAAMs. We have the equivilent to the RAF ground attack versions with the FLIR in place of the radar.

[@sebastiaomendonca1477]

I already love the AV-8B, it'd be amazing to get a dogfighting focused Harrier

[@covak2002]

Worked on these for 9 years at 899 and were amazing machines such a shame the dicks in Gov get rid of them

[@allgood6760]

Thanks for this.. we have a GR3 Harrier in a museum here in NZ.. thanks from down under 👍🇳🇿✈️

[@jorgealbertorodriguezvilla8773]

Para mí el Harrier y el A 10 son de los mejores aviones que se han construido

[@TheDarwiniser]

Read David Morgan and Nigel Wards books, brilliant pilot accounts.

[@helios-jj2wq]

Harriers perfectly proved their combat value during the falkland war...i'll say shortly - it's better not to be born than to mess with them

[@KB4QAA]

H3584: Let's rephrase that to more accurately reflect reality: "If you are going to cripple your navy by having the wrong mix of ships and eliminating fixed wing fighter, attack and early warning capability, the Harrier is a 'good" fourth choice aircraft." Other than the special example of the Falklands, the VTOL land basing concept remains an un-validated requirement. The Harrier has never operated in VTOL mode ashore which could not have been performed by other conventional fixed wing aircraft with improvised or combat runways.

[@helios-jj2wq]

@@KB4QAAlet's put it more simple - i'm not a military specialist, i am only old enough ( 63 y.o.) to be the eye witness of that war....now everything is upside down and i don't even try to guess the reasons of all manipulations...but i saw it ! i saw what harriers had been doing with theoretically better argentinian mirages - it was a real "slaughter of the innocents"

[@KB4QAA]

@@helios-jj2wq The magic was in the brand new AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles with "All aspect" homing which the US Navy gave to the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy pilots could have been flying Sopwith Camels and downed the Argies. The second half of their success was in remaining at medium altitudes where the Harrier turns better and declining to climb to high altitudes where the MIrage would outperform them.

[@helios-jj2wq]

It's rather not a secret that the US Army is the unmatched power, cooperation between the two armies, british and american is not a great surprise either and i believe it was as you said...you seem to be a military expert, i am not !.... however, that what we both said, proves how cautious must be everyone planning any action, military in particular - everything counts and everything must be taken into account....so, as you can see, i don't insist that harrier is the best, i only described what i had seen with my own eyes....you said the rest

[@underwaterdick]

@@KB4QAA well the SEA HARRIER was built and designed to be a naval aircraft, so it's VTOL use on land is irrelevant with this particular one. Carrier borne fighter attack aircraft. Mainly STOVL not VTOL for the UK. Why you would choose to ignore the conflict where this capability in particular made a significant difference to the outcome, I have no idea. It is also the only true air combat that UK forces had for many years. Since the Suez crisis I believe? And subsequently. Without the aircraft the Royal Navy would not have had the defence it required from air attacks and would probably not have been sent off to war as it was. The RAF Harrier was used during the cold war as air defence of Germany. The VTOL capability was hugely advantageous because it allowed the aircraft to be stationed away from conventional airfields. Your comment seems a bit naïve, and based fully on the fact that there wasn't a "conventional" war against an advanced military to use them in other than the Falklands. - which disproves your point entirely. When you talk to Harrier ground crews they trained in the use of landing pads and car parks for forward refuelling. Which effectively gave the harrier extended range beyond reach of an airfield. This was particularly useful for the Navy as it meant when a land based attack was launched, the troops could set up a forward refuelling area to allow the Harrier greater time over target, negating the constant need to return to ship. This also allowed the Carrier's to stay further away from enemy forces, on or beyond the limit of conventional enemy aircraft. In the later years OF UK service, the Harrier was a joint force aircraft, operating Royal Navy and RAF together with the same airframe. This aircraft was used extensively in Afghanistan, and VTOL wasn't the primary mode of use because they wanted to carry the weight of bombs and laser designating pod.

[@lindsayjohnston1191]

I'm in the video! Great times as Line Supervisor on 899!😀

[@rosenchowdhury66]

Love this aircraft

[@jurgenblick5491]

I love this bird

[@RaviKumar-rn2uc]

Excellent💯👍👏 A true fighter jet. Appreciable master piece of aviation technology.

[@drianmortiz9375]

Nice video host thank you for sharing. This highy versatile combat aircraft, is truly the best among the best in the world.

[@killingfields1424]

the problem with the UK Government, they always ditch their great legendary combat aircraft to give way to american made. Like when americans introduce a 100billion dollar JSF, the british government immediately ditch their legendary war proven Sea Harriers FA2 the next day. Just as what they did with their TSR2 in favor of Lockheed Starfighter that didnt do things as advertised.

[@jdd1979]

Alan Caldoza the F-35 is so far ahead of the sea harrier it’s not even a comparison.

[@binaway]

Britain never operated the Starfighter.

[@originalkk882]

Britain was supposed to get the F111, not the Starfighter. But, of course, that never happened.

[@AA-xo9uw]

Sea Harriers were retired in 2006 long before the F-35B achieved IOC in 2015.

[@covak2002]

@@AA-xo9uw sea harrier was ditched in favour of the tornado not F35 we were already working on the F35 way before and had the mock cockpit in the hanger of 899 Sqn so we could see and work with the engineers. the harrier should never have been scrapped as it had many more years left in it as a Fighter aircraft. Th e blue vixen was an amazing radar

[@wavrec]

can i find one on tracy island?

[@henryvagincourt]

Short sighted Government.

[@MrMoorkey]

Ever worked on o e? Their time came at the right time.

[@sumsam3603]

It can serve till.date..

[@thiniain]

I'll take two

[@warwickbull5559]

According to some the people the Sea Harrier FA2s were cancelled far two soon, with lots of hours left on the airframe at the time, is that true?

[@warwickbull5559]

While people do blame Cameron for retiring the harriers altogether,it was Tony Blair who started the harrier demise by retiring the Sea Harrier FA2s early in 2006, I recon.

[@user-pj3ch8ou2h]

@billypribbo9668USNavy do not fly the Harriers, the US Marine Corps do.

[@killingfields1424]

A victorious one against faster jets

[@binaway]

In Vietnam the US found it's F-4 Phantoms never flew at supersonic speed during dogfights and seldom flew above mach 1.65. This is why the USN F-18 top speed is mach 1.80.

[@tecnohuerta3451]

Is a good aircraft, the only difference is the misil sidewinder and the radar

[@MrMoorkey]

The F/A2 carried AIM-9L. and AMRAAM missiles for air to air, the latter more accurately than any other AMRAAM user.

[@kevin48800]

I think the top speed was around 700mph maybe a little to slow for todays jets. but what a fantastic aircraft for its day

[@sebastiaomendonca1477]

Top speed definitely doesnt define a plane. It couldnt go faster because no afterburner, but it still managed to consistently beat mirages in Argentina since top speed is useless in a dogfight

[@MrMoorkey]

It could reach 700 in a shallow dive...but speed isn't everything when you can hit targets 50 miles away, and out turn anything in a guns fight.

[@user-ru8ko8kn5u]

ตรวจสภาพพร้อมรบทางอากาศห้ามให้หน่วยงานของตำรวจไปยุ่งวุ่นวายในกองทัพอากาศหากตรวจพบมีโทษครับผมลูกกองทัพบกบุตรกองทัพอากาศผมเป็นผู้ชายครับ

[@udayanpaul8042]

Sea harrier cockpit

[@randomchannel1519]

Why is this on a playlist called "suddenly gay"?

[@HornyDude83]

was this better than a tomcat?

[@sparrowlt]

define better.. It had worse radar, payload, speed, range, maneovrability, climb rate and no IRST or TV cam However it was cheaper, easier to maintain, and was VTOL, wich makes it able to operate from smaller and much cheaper carriers, easier to land as it lands vertically.. it can land in any runway and it can even land in the helicopter pad of warships or at a parking lot ..or even on top of a freighter containers (as a Shar proved when she landed on a spanish freighter due to emergency) wich makes it extremelly flexible on crossdecks. Not every..or even many nations can afford gigantic supercarriers to handle jets like the Tomcat.. however the Harrier enabled Britain, Spain, Italy , Thailand and India at first to have operating carriers with strike fighters on them BTW... the Shar Blue Vixen radar was really amazing.. but its a bit hard to compare to the Tomcat AWG9/APG-71..the Blue Vixen has a much smaller radar dish wich limits its range compared to the big dish the AWG9 had.. however the BV was amazing in radar modes and handling targets and it had ground attack modes wich the AWG9 lacked (the APG71 later incorporated ground modes) so the Blue Vixen was more flexible than the AWG9... in fact the Blue Vixen was so good (save for the range issue due to physical limitations) that it was eventually evolved in the Euroradar CAPTOR wich today is mounted in the Eurofighter wich is better than the APG-70 and APG-71 radars

[@gordonmutch8086]

It beat the F5 aggressor squadron, F-15 s from Germany and F-14 in Nevada test ranges in air to air combat

[@farmerned6]

Tomcat would never operate from a small Invincible carrier, Long range, Radar+Sparrow Tomcat wins Medium range, Blue Vixen + AMRAAM Harrier wins Shorter range Sidewinder finds the Hotter Tomcat - Harrier Wins Gun fight High Level /Fast Tomcat wins Low level/Slow Harrier wins Turning Battle Tomcat has the raw grunt , and can choose to disengage/engage , but wet thrust drains the tanks , Harrier can outclimb TC on Dry thrust, and more persistence, so 50-50

[@farmerned6]

@@sparrowlt Ahem! TC RoC - 45,000 ft/min vrs FA2 - 50,000 ft/min And Combat Radius TC 500 nmi vrs FA2 540 nmi And are you SURE that a 33 ton swing wing yank tank is more maneuverable than a 12 ton little British sea bird?

[@AA-xo9uw]

@@farmerned6 You never flew a Cat against those little maneuverable A-4s and F-5s at SFTI did you?

[@gianpaolovillani6321]

Beautiful VTOL hunts and I would like it to remain operational for many more decades, instead of replacing it with the inutle f35.

[@AA-xo9uw]

Sea Harriers are long gone but the AV-8B will remain in service with the Marine Corps until CY 2029.

[@UncleBoratagain]

Chopped by an ex Etonian Tory PM. Work it out for yourselves...

[@anglonig1]

Scrapped by the Labour party.

[@samwise7538]

And then all the Harriers were scrapped by the Tories. Swings and roundabouts.

[@thomasrose38]

One aircraft that is dangerous to whoever is the pilot

[@gregtaylor6146]

Nurse........... up the dose on this one please?

[@muppetrowlf1473]

You mean dangerous to whoever the opposing pilot is surey? It won an air war in 1982.

[@MrMoorkey]

...unless the pilots are the best in the world.

[@muppetrowlf1473]

Oh.... and I forgot to mention that it regularly demolished the F-15 in combat exercises..... Put that in your Pratt & Whitney and smoke it!