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Harrier GR3 XV781 Crashed due to engine fire on approach to RAF Gutersloh; Flight Lieutenant T. R. Watts ejected safely. [70] 18 July 1979 No. 4 Squadron RAF: Harrier GR3 XZ137 Hit a house at Wissmar, West Germany; USMC Captain Thomas Pasquale was killed. [71] [72] 21 September 1979 No. 1 Squadron RAF: Harrier GR3 XV757
An RAF Harrier GR.7A at RIAT 2005 The GR.7A is a GR.7 with an uprated Rolls-Royce Pegasus 107 engine. The Mk 107 engine provides around 3,000 lbf (13 kN) extra thrust than the Mk 105's 21,750 lbf (98 kN) thrust, increasing aircraft performance during "hot and high" and carrier-borne operations.
Italy ordered 16 Harrier II Plus and two twin-seat TAV-8B aircraft, while Spain signed a contract for eight aircraft. [42] Production of the AV-8B Harrier II Plus was conducted, in addition to McDonnell Douglas' plant, at CASA's facility in Seville, Spain, and Alenia Aeronautica's facility in Turin, Italy. The UK also participated in the ...
In the mid 1960s, the Harrier GR.1 and GR.3 variants were ordered by the British government for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The Harrier GR.1 made its first flight on 28 December 1967, and entered RAF service in April 1969. During the 1970s, the United States opted to procure the aircraft as the AV-8A; it was operated by the US Marine Corps (USMC).
RAF Harrier GR9 in flight, 2010. The Harrier II is an extensively modified version of the first generation Harrier GR1/GR3 series. The original aluminium alloy fuselage was replaced with one made extensively of composites, providing significant weight reduction and increased payload or range.
800 NAS – 15 Sea Harrier FRS.1; 826 NAS – 5 Sea King HAS.5; 846 NAS – 5 Sea King HC.4; No. 1 Squadron RAF – 6 Harrier GR.3; The aircraft carrier was carrying 16 nuclear depth bombs as part of her standard armament when she deployed for the Falklands, and was one of several Royal Navy warships so equipped during the war. The weapons were ...
Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 (VMAT-203) was a squadron in the United States Marine Corps that trained naval aviators to fly the AV-8B Harrier.Also known as the Hawks, the squadron was based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and fell under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 14 and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.
A Sea Harrier FRS.51 of INAS 300 awaiting launch clearance from INS Viraat in 2007 A section of four Sea Harrier FA.2s of 801 Naval Air Squadron India Indian Navy - Indian Naval Air Arm – Sea Harrier F.52 Indian Naval Air Squadron 300 'White Tigers' United Kingdom Fleet Air Arm – Sea Harrier FRS.1 and Sea Harrier F(A).2 800 Naval Air Squadron