Sea Harrier: The Last All British Fighter

An iconic naval short take-off and vertical landing/vertical take-off and landing jet fighter, reconnaissance, and attack aircraft, the principal role of the subsonic Sea Harrier was to provide air defense for Royal Navy task groups centered 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 War was its most high profile and important success when it was the only fixed-wing fighter available to protect the British Task Force.
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[@allgood6760]

Awesome aeroplane!.. HMS Invincible visited NZ and It waa impressive👍✈️🇳🇿

[@jbw601]

Hi mate ; was a wasp AC but at that time there wasnt a dedicted AC branch got over 400 HRs in wasp at sea and over 1000 deck landings on ships in the RNZN am I entitaled to ware those AC wings on my blazer

[@dudemcdude7025]

AIM 9 L saved the day...not SHAR

[@Frserthegreenengine]

But the Sea Harrier was what carried it so it still counts my dude.

[@dudemcdude7025]

@@Frserthegreenengine what if the Argy A4 had the AIM9L ? Do your research, both RN and Argy pilots believe the AIM9L was the difference Mr.Keyboard expert

[@12345fowler]

And how are these AIM 9L beeing brought to the rear close proximity of ennemy fighters exactely ?

[@dudemcdude7025]

@@12345fowler on the wing of an A4 exactly!

[@FallenPhoenix86]

​@@dudemcdude7025 Every single 9L shot taken by the Sea Harrier during the Falklands war was fired from within the parameters of the 9G... because that's what the pilots were trained on and experienced with... the 9L really didn't have the impact you think it did. Maybe you should do some research yourself and you wont come across as such a pompous a$$ in future.