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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. The British Royal Navy Sea Harrier is one of the best fighter planes of all time. The first generation of the Harrier Jump Jets was the Hawker Siddeley Harrier, which made her maiden flight in December 1967 and entered service in April 1969, thus revolutionizing the concept of vertical short takeoff and landing capabilities for fixed-wing attack aircraft. The introduction of the British Aerospace Sea Harrier variant, informally known to its crews as the Shar, in particular took place in 1979, and not a moment too soon as the Falklands War broke out a mere three years later.