They were fitted with the Ferranti Blue Fox Radar system in the early 1970s and used it until it was replaced with the Blue Vixen Radar system in the mid 1990s.
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| - They were fitted with the Ferranti Blue Fox Radar system in the early 1970s and used it until it was replaced with the Blue Vixen Radar system in the mid 1990s.
- The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, known colloquially as the "Harrier Jump Jet", was developed in the 1960s and formed the first generation of the Harrier series of aircraft. It was the first operational close-support and reconnaissance fighter aircraft with vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) capabilities and the only truly successful V/STOL design of the many that arose in that era. The Harrier was produced directly from the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel prototypes following the cancellation of a more advanced supersonic aircraft, the Hawker Siddeley P.1154. The British Royal Air Force (RAF) ordered the Harrier GR.1 and GR.3 variants in the late 1960s. It was exported to the United States as the AV-8A, for use by the US Marine Corps (USMC), in the 1970s.
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max takeoff weight alt
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max speed more
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hardpoint capacity
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hardpoint bombs
| - A variety of unguided iron bombs, BL755 cluster bombs or laser-guided bombs
**Others:
***1× Reconnaissance pod
***2× drop tanks for extended range/loitering time
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more performance
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thrust alt
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height alt
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primary user
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Align
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length main
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Width
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area main
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combat radius alt
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ferry range main
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combat radius more
| - lo-lo-lo with 4,400 lb payload
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hardpoints
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height main
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hardpoint missiles
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span alt
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Manufacturer
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max speed main
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combat radius main
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ceiling main
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National Origin
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empty weight main
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type of jet
| - turbofan with four swivelling nozzles
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First Flight
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more users
| - United States Marine Corps
- Royal Thai Navy
- Spanish Navy
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engine (jet)
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max speed alt
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jet or prop?
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ferry range alt
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empty weight alt
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thrust main
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number of jets
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plane or copter?
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ceiling alt
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max takeoff weight main
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hardpoint rockets
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Source
| - Major General Joe Anderson.
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Quote
| - "In my mind the AV-8A Harrier was like the helicopter in Korea. [It] had limited capability, but that's how the first-generation automobile, boat, or other major systems evolved... it brought us into the world of flexible basing and the Marine Corps into the concept of vertical development"
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thrust more
| - Four vertical flight puffer jets use engine bleed air, mounted in the nose, wingtips, and tail.
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Number Built
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ref
| - Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988–89
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abstract
| - They were fitted with the Ferranti Blue Fox Radar system in the early 1970s and used it until it was replaced with the Blue Vixen Radar system in the mid 1990s.
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