Harrier fighter: from the fearless fighter to the last flight
The British Air Force fighter "Harrier" after 40 years of service was removed from service, as a result of cuts in defense spending. The aircraft, commissioned at 1969, marked his resignation by the final flight over the Cottesmore airport. In these photos we recall moments from the life of one of the British cult jet fighters.
1. Hawker Siddley "Harrier" refuels in flight from the tanker "Victor" of the Royal Air Force.
2. 1969: Harrier takes off from Hawker Sidley's test airfield in Dunsfold, Surrey
3. 1975: Harrier lands, raising a spray of mist, on the UK aircraft carrier Fairless, which is moored at Greenwich.
4. 1982: Marines lined up to test guns on Her Royal Highness Hermes' aircraft carrier in the South Atlantic.
5. Margaret Thatcher examines a Navy Harrier plane during a visit to the British Aerospace factory in Dunsfold, Surrey at 1982.
6. 1991: Princess of Wales looks at Prince Harry. He sits in the cockpit of the Harrier GR5, during a visit to the Whiterring air force base.
7. Various models of aircraft Harrier British Air Force during the flight.
8. Aircraft Harrier in the ranks during the flight
9. 1999: A British Air Force ground crew engineer repairs a Harrier aircraft. It closed from the rain, which postponed day flights from the Joy del Colle airfield in southern Italy. The aircraft were part of NATO and participated in the airstrips on the former Yugoslavia and Kosovo.
10. Ground crew waving the GR7 Harrier plane during a landing at a base in Kuwait, during a mission in Iraq at 2003.
11. 2003: Harrier is stationed at a base in Kuwait behind a member of the ground crew. The photo was taken with a night view camera during a mission in Iraq.
12. Harrier GR9 sits on the decommissioned aircraft carrier of the Armed Forces of the Royal Armed Forces.
13. 2007: The Hound's Airplane is standing at the Kandahar airport in Afghanistan
14. Harrier jets take off from the Cottesmore airfield in Okama during the “last flight”, after which they will be removed from service.
15. Parade marking the removal of the Harrier GR9 fighter jets from the British Air Force in Cottesmore.
16. Harrier pilots after the flight.
17. Two Harriers during the flight at Cottesmore Airfield. The air parade took place at 7 military bases, also in the centers of the cities of Oakham, Stamford and Lincoln Cathedral.
18. Squadron Commander Simon Jessett Waving From Harrier's Cab After Last Flight
19. Harriers in the ranks during the last flight over the Cottesmore airfield.
1. Hawker Siddley "Harrier" refuels in flight from the tanker "Victor" of the Royal Air Force.
2. 1969: Harrier takes off from Hawker Sidley's test airfield in Dunsfold, Surrey
3. 1975: Harrier lands, raising a spray of mist, on the UK aircraft carrier Fairless, which is moored at Greenwich.
4. 1982: Marines lined up to test guns on Her Royal Highness Hermes' aircraft carrier in the South Atlantic.
5. Margaret Thatcher examines a Navy Harrier plane during a visit to the British Aerospace factory in Dunsfold, Surrey at 1982.
6. 1991: Princess of Wales looks at Prince Harry. He sits in the cockpit of the Harrier GR5, during a visit to the Whiterring air force base.
7. Various models of aircraft Harrier British Air Force during the flight.
8. Aircraft Harrier in the ranks during the flight
9. 1999: A British Air Force ground crew engineer repairs a Harrier aircraft. It closed from the rain, which postponed day flights from the Joy del Colle airfield in southern Italy. The aircraft were part of NATO and participated in the airstrips on the former Yugoslavia and Kosovo.
10. Ground crew waving the GR7 Harrier plane during a landing at a base in Kuwait, during a mission in Iraq at 2003.
11. 2003: Harrier is stationed at a base in Kuwait behind a member of the ground crew. The photo was taken with a night view camera during a mission in Iraq.
12. Harrier GR9 sits on the decommissioned aircraft carrier of the Armed Forces of the Royal Armed Forces.
13. 2007: The Hound's Airplane is standing at the Kandahar airport in Afghanistan
14. Harrier jets take off from the Cottesmore airfield in Okama during the “last flight”, after which they will be removed from service.
15. Parade marking the removal of the Harrier GR9 fighter jets from the British Air Force in Cottesmore.
16. Harrier pilots after the flight.
17. Two Harriers during the flight at Cottesmore Airfield. The air parade took place at 7 military bases, also in the centers of the cities of Oakham, Stamford and Lincoln Cathedral.
18. Squadron Commander Simon Jessett Waving From Harrier's Cab After Last Flight
19. Harriers in the ranks during the last flight over the Cottesmore airfield.
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