UK Harriers retired

[tflash]

15 december was the last flight of the Harrier GR.7.

 

In my view quite a (sad) historic moment, that I would dare to compare to the demise of the Tomcat.

 

The Harrier sure exits at its pinnacle: adding a sniper pod proved incredibly transformational, and almost compensated in one stroke all the inherent limitations of the design; I guess anyone would recognize the Harrier became a damn good CAS aircraft.

 

The Harrier community deserves a salute, I would say!

[Nesher]

the entire Harrier fleet is retired? already?

 

damn..

[Derk]

Hope they will find a good home for them......

 

Houdoe,

 

Derk

[Slartibartfast]

They had a good home... and now like everyone else they are getting kicked out on the street... Stupid waste!

[JediMaster]

What was that, 2 months tops since the announcement? They are trying to cut their costs FAST.

[+Sundowner]

Cutting costs, more like cutting the RAFs throat. We used to have the Royal Air Force, soon it will be the Royal Air Farce.

[+allenjb42]

If they're going cheap maybe we could buy some, build a hangar in the basement of the Combatace Tower and a lift to the helipad on the roof?

[Freiwillige]

Lets not forget that the USMC will have there AV8B's well into the future!

[JediMaster]

They're hoping to get the F-35B ASAP to replace those 8Bs.

[+ST0RM]

There has been some talk of the USMC procuring the Harrier T.10/T.12s to supplement the TAV-8s.

 

While they're at it, they might as well snatch up the GR.7s at a low price.

 

-Storm