British pilot survives Harrier ... Navy Joint Force Harrier (JFH) organisation, the UK's GR7/9 force has sustained a five-year commitment in Afghanistan. The aircraft are used to support ...

Students converting on to the Harrier fleet are faced with an array of aircraft standards, with the GR7/7A and T10 to gradually give way to the upgraded Harrier GR9/9A and T12.

T he heritage of British Aerospace is a star studded line-up of iconic aircraft from the hero of the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire, to the ground-breaking Harrier jump-jet, the family tree is ...

A British Harrier fighter jet crashed in southern Afghanistan Thursday, injuring the pilot, ... Royal Air Force has had BAE Harrier GR7 aircraft deployed in Afghanistan since 2006, ...

The British-designed Harrier "jump jet" dates back to the 1960s, when it became the only fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing vertically to go into production. ... Spain and Italy.

The war against Iraq represented an opportunity for British Harrier GR7 crews to use several new weapons in anger for the first time. It also highlighted shortcomings of current systems, which ...

The U.K. government intends to procure the Maverick missile system from Raytheon Co. for the Harrier GR7, following successful completion of tests, the company said yesterday.