Acquired from the UK in 1986 after an extensive refit, the INS Viraat came to define Indian naval power with its fleet of Sea Harrier fighter jets. Before that, INS Viraat had served as HMS Hermes ...

Not far away, aboard the British aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious ... Watson was preparing for his 14th sortie in the Sea Harrier vertical-takeoff-and-landing jet. Watson was paired with a ...

Simon Hargreaves, aged 44, was one of the youngest British Sea Harrier pilots in the Falklands ... which fought in the Falklands Conflict, HMS Invincible, and her sister ships, HMS Ark Royal ...