In 2010, the U.K. government pulled the plug on the Harrier II not because it failed in combat -- far from it, as it had some incredible capabilities -- but because of cold economics. The Strategic ...

The Harrier Jump Jet, a highly innovative warplane that helped solve several operational problems for military planners, made its first flight on this day in history, August 31, 1966. The fighter jet, ...

Retired RAF pilots had their wish granted by a care home as they were taken to visit the planes they once flew in the 1980s. Staff at Care UK’s Harrier Lodge, in Whitstable, took two residents on a ...

The Harrier, the famous British Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) jet that has defended the UK and pleased crowds at countless air shows since it entered service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in ...

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Two ex-RAF jets could find their way into private collectors' hands after being put up for sale with no reserve. A 1976 Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 jump-jet and a 1988 Panavia Tornado F3 are being ...

Debate has escalated over the UK government's controversial decision to retire its last BAE Systems Harrier GR9 ground-attack aircraft late last year, with the Royal Air Force's current involvement in ...

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