The fleet of vertical take-off Harrier aircraft, a crucial weapon in the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict has been sold to support the US Marine Corps in a deal worth £110m, reports the British press.
22,000 pounds of thrust enable the Harrier II to hover like a helicopter, and then blast forward like a jet at near-supersonic speeds. Like every aircraft in the Marine fleet, this aircraft is ...
The final destination of the two aircraft is the Lookout Gallery and Exhibition Hall under construction for the local Falkland Islands Museum. The Sea Harrier and Lynx helicopter are being ...
The museum already has one TU-142 anti-submarine warfare aircraft and a Sea Harrier jump jet fighter plane. The first asset from the Navy to embellish the Beach Road was INS Kursura (S20), a ...