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Harrier: the story of the “Jump Jet” fighter jet that helped Margaret Thatcher win the Falklands War

One cannot speak of Margaret Thatcher, who passed away on Apr. 8, 2013, without mentioning the 1982 Falklands – Malvinas a war, a conflict that the UK was able to win thanks to a revolutionary […]

Camp Bastion attack could be U.S. Marine Corps Harrier fleet’s ground zero

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As already explained, the recent Taliban attack on Camp Bastion, that cost the U.S. the worst air loss to enemy fire in one day since the Vietnam War, almost wiped out the entire U.S. Marine […]

USS Iwo Jima would have been loaned to the Royal Navy if the British had lost one of their capital ships during the Falklands War

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During the 1982 Falklands War (Malvinas for the Argentine people) the U.S. publicly claimed neutrality. But in secret, President Ronald Reagan’s administration had developed plans to loan a ship to the Royal Navy if the […]

Sea Harrier, the forgotten hero that won the war in the Falklands. To be replaced by the F-35B.

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Known by its pilots as “SHAR,”30 years ago the Bae Sea Harrier embarked on its first combat mission. Ir was April 5, 1982 when two UK’s “through-deck cruisers” (aircraft carriers) leave Portsmouth for their involvement […]

You won't believe it: UK considered bringing back one aircraft carrier and the Harrier for Libya

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Can you remember the famous possible, reportedly imminent, UK’s U-turn on the F-35 version that we already discussed here? It looks like another resounding decision could have been reversed during last year’s Libya operations, when […]