Aside from that, it also had a smaller payload and shorter range than the smaller A-4 ... British Isles, having been tasked ...

A variant of the AV-8B, the British Aerospace Harrier II, was also developed for ... payload of the smaller A-4 Skyhawk and over a more limited radius. After gathering experience with the aircraft ...

To provide crucial air cover, the British fleet relied on an unusual and underrated aircraft, the Harrier, We hear from piilot and author, David Morgan DSC, who flew the Harrier during the conflict.

My justification for including the Sea Harrier on a Top 5 list years back – to the exclusion of the F-4 Phantom and the Sukhoi ... The introduction of the British Aerospace Sea Harrier variant ...

The last Royal Navy fast-jet to land on a British warship was in November 2010 when a Harrier from 800 Naval Air Squadron touched down on HMS Ark Royal. A month later and the UK disbanded its ...