British Aerospace Sea Harrier

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The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval short take-off and vertical landing/vertical take-off and landing jet fighter, reconnaissance and attack aircraft. It is the second member of the Harrier family developed. It first entered service with the Royal Navy in April 1980 as the Sea Harrier FRS1 and became informally known as the "Shar". Unusual in an era in which most naval and land-based air superiority fighters were large and supersonic, the principal role of the subsonic Sea Harrier was to provide air defence for Royal Navy task groups centred around the aircraft carriers.

A Decomisioned Sea Harrier FRS 51 (IN-621) at the Naval Aviation Museum (India) in Goa, India[91]A Decomisioned Sea Harrier FRS 51 (IN-621) at the Naval Aviation Museum (India) in Goa, India[91]
British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS1 XZ455 - 712 Royal Navy, Farnborough UK, September 1988. (5589302099)British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS1 XZ455 - 712 Royal Navy, Farnborough UK, September 1988. (5589302099)
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