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The Harrier II Plus is very similar to the Night Attack variant, with the addition of an APG-65 multi-mode pulse-Doppler radar in an extended nose, allowing it to launch advanced beyond-visual-range missiles such as the AIM-120 AMRAAM. [49] To make additional space for the radar, the angle-rate bombing system was removed.
Image Origin Type Variant Number ... AV-8B Harrier II on the deck of USS ... Inventory: 101 TAV-8 Harrier trainer; Inventory: 16 KC-130 Hercules/Super Hercules. KC ...
Space Harrier II (スペースハリアーII, Supēsu Hariā Tsū) is a 1988 third-person rail shooter video game developed and published by Sega.The sequel to the 1985 title Space Harrier, it was one of the original launch titles released for the Mega Drive in Japan and one of the six Sega Genesis launch titles in the United States the following year.
This is a list of operators of the Harrier family of military V/STOL aircraft, designed and built in the United Kingdom and United States of America. The members of family were Hawker Siddeley P.1127, Hawker Siddeley Harrier (AV-8A), British Aerospace Sea Harrier, McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, and British Aerospace Harrier II. As of 2023 ...
AV-8B Harrier II Crashed in an unpopulated area of the desert south of Phoenix, Arizona. [196] 4 June 2014 United States Marine Corps: AV-8B Harrier II Crashed into California homes, pilot ejected safely. [197] 6 May 2016 VMA-542: AV-8B Harrier II Crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, circa 17:05 hours.
A total of 870 Harrier II sorties were carried out during the 78-day bombing campaign. [45] The BBC reported the Harrier II had been achieving 80% direct hit rate during the conflict; a later Parliamentary Select Committee found that 24% of munitions expended in the theatre by all RAF aircraft had been precision weapons. [60] [61]
The Wasp-class is a class of landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy.Based on the Tarawa class, with modifications to operate more advanced aircraft and landing craft, the Wasp-class is capable of transporting almost the full strength of a United States Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and landing them in hostile territory via ...
The United States Marine Corps and the Italian and Spanish navies all continue to use the AV-8B Harrier II, an American-British variant. Replacing the Harrier II/AV-8B in the air arms of the US and UK is the STOVL variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, the F-35B. [33]