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's slick-sounding name is iconic even to those with just a passing familiarity with combat aircraft. It was the first operational VTOL jet aircraft, using a horizontally mounted turbofan ...
On Dec. 15, 2010, sixteen Harriers took off from RAF Cottesmore for a farewell formation flight marking the end to 41 years of British Harrier operations. Originally scheduled to remain in service ...
Here’s What You Need to Know: A British general fought … and failed. The United Kingdom’s 2010 Strategic Defense and Security Review—a budget drill, really—imposed devastating cuts to what had been ...