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	Falklands War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The isles were not fortified, sea mines were not deployed at strategic landing spots, and a large part of the infantry forces sent to the Falklands consisted of young recruits doing military service.
		FAA Grupo 8 Mirages were deployed to Comodoro Rivadavia and Rio Gallegos in April (before the raids) where they remained until June to protect against any Chilean threat and as reserve for the strike units.
		At sea, the paucity of British ships' anti-aircraft defences was demonstrated in the sinking of HMS Ardent on the 21st, HMS Antelope on the 23rd, and MV Atlantic Conveyor, with a vital cargo of helicopters, runway-building equipment and tents on the 25th.
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~umwieb43/cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi/010110A/http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War (7456 words)

	Science Fair Projects - BAE Sea Harrier
		The Sea Harriers and HMS Invincible, commissioned on July 11 1980, received a baptism of fire during the Falklands War of 1982.
		The Sea Harriers were to operate in their primary air defence role, with the Harrier GR.3 expected to act as attrition replacements for the Sea Harriers.
		However the Sea Harriers claimed 24 kills with no losses in air combat (two were destroyed in a mid-air collision) and the RAF fleet was free to operate in their primary ground attack role.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/FAA_Sea_Harrier_FRS1 (861 words)

	BAE Sea Harrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Sea Harriers and HMS Invincible, commissioned on July 11, 1980, were operational during the Falklands War of 1982.
		The Sea Harriers were to operate in their primary air defence role, with the RAF Harrier GR.3 expected to act as attrition replacements for the Sea Harriers.
		However the Sea Harriers claimed 21 kills with no losses in air combat (two were lost to ground fire and four in accidents) and the RAF fleet was free to operate in their primary ground attack role.
	www.tocatch.info /en/FAA_Sea_Harrier_FRS1.htm (1440 words)

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		Blue Fox was derived from the Sea Spray radar used in the Westland Naval Lynx helicopter and modified to operate in air-to-air and air-to-sea modes.
		Under the skin, the Sea Harrier featured the replacement of many magnesium components with corrosion proof alloys while the Pegasus 104 engine was also corrosion proofed for ship borne operations with aluminum alloys replacing magnesium-zirconium major castings.
		The Sea Harrier's primary armament options were the AIM-9 Sidewinder AAM and Harpoon or Martel ASMs plus the usual pair of 30mm cannon under the fuselage.
	home.planet.nl /~alder010/Type/FRS1.html (1252 words)

	Matchbox 1/72 BAe Sea Harrier FRS.1/51
		The Sea Harrier was an obvious extension of the Harrier jump jet concept, and trials with the Hawker P1127 took place as early as 1963.
		The FRS1 version of the Sea Harrier became operational in 1979, and its operational efficiency was greatly improved using the concept of the ski ramp, first used in 1981.
		The FRS1 was retired in 1995 and replaced by the Sea Harrier F/A2.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Reviews/60s/sea-harrier_match.htm (1380 words)

	Falklands War Encyclopedia Articles @ OfficialTexts.com (Official Texts) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		All of the UK losses at sea were achieved by aircraft or missile strikes (by both the Argentine Air Force and Naval Aviation).
		This was to be hastily rectified later as Sea King helicopters were fitted with retractable radomes containing a variant of the Nimrod ASW aircraft Searchwater radar.
		Cultural impact in the UK Other titles focused on the Sea Harrier (Sharkey Ward's Sea Harrier over the Falklands), the land battles leading up to the Argentine surrender (Christian Jennings and Adrian Weale's Green Eyed Boys), and the general experience of battle (Ken Lukowiak's A Soldier's Song).
	www.officialtexts.com /encyclopedia/Falklands_War (7374 words)

	British Aerospace Sea Harrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Sea Harrier FRS1 was developed from the land based Harrier GR1.
		Although developed from a ground attack aircraft the Sea Harrier proved itself in the air-to-air role during the Falklands War where it scored several kills against Argentinean aircraft with newly acquired Sidewinder missiles.
		The Sea Harrier FA2 was developed from the FRS1, but with more emphasis on air-to-air capability.
	www.btinternet.com /~a.c.walton/navy/faa/shar.html (427 words)

	Invincible class aircraft carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The RAF Harriers proved to be a temporary aberration at the time, but a permanent addition to the usual air group was made due to lessons learnt during the war.
		Analysis of the Sea Harrier's performance during the war lead to the requirement for an upgrade, approval for which was granted in 1984.
		The Sea Dart magazines were converted to increase air-to-surface weapons stowage, and new aircrew briefing facilities created under the extended flight deck, both to support the embarkation of RAF Harrier GR7s as a routine part of the air group.
	www.abitabouteverything.com /files/i/in/invincible_class_aircraft_carrier.html (1605 words)

	Nigel Ward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Commander Nigel "Sharkey" Ward DSC AFC RN commanded RNAS 801 Sea Harrier flight from HMS Invincible (R05) during the Falklands War, of April to June 1982, and was senior Sea Harrier adviser to the Command on the tactics, direction and progress of the air war.
		After the task force left Portsmouth, an Admiral spoke to the wifes and families of the Harrier pilots after the task force had left.
		After retirement from the Navy, Commander Ward wrote a book: "Sea Harrier Over the Falklands: A Maverick at War" He later returned to the RNAS Yeovilton to fly with his son, after Kris had qualified to fight the Sea Harrier [3]
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nigel_Ward (699 words)

	BAE Sea Harrier - Wikipedia Light! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The BAe Sea Harrier is a naval VTOL/STOVL jet fighter/attack aircraft, a development of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier.
		The Argentinian planes were operating at the extent of their range with little fuel for dogfights while the Sea Harrier posessed extreme manouverability and employed the latest AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles and the almost unparalleled (at the time) Blue Fox radar.
		The Indian Navy is in the process of upgrading upto 15 Sea Harriers with Israel by installing the Elta EL/M-2032 radar and the Rafael 'Derby' medium range air to air missile.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=FAA_Sea_Harrier_FRS1 (1506 words)

	Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums - Sea Harrier - The Begining of the End....
		The Sea Harrier is being retired as the Fleet Air Arm and RAF prepare for the introduction of the new Joint Strike Fighter, and the conversion to the common upgraded Harrier is a major step in the process.
		Although they share a name, less than ten per cent of the airframe and avionics are common, and the Sea Harrier, which has a less powerful engine than the RAF version, could not be adapted to take the new Mk 107 jet which powers the uprated GR9.
		It was reformed within a decade to become the first FAA unit to operate the Sea Harrier, which it did with aplomb during the Falklands Conflict from HMS Hermes, destroying 13 Argentine aircraft.
	forum.keypublishing.co.uk /showthread.php?t=23507 (750 words)

	MILAVIA - Air Force Directory - Royal Navy (Fleet Air Arm)
		The Sea Harrier FA.2 is a single seat multi-role day/night all-weather aircraft which can be deployed aboard the RN Invincible class of Aircraft Carriers to project air power in support of UK interests worldwide.
		The FA.2 (Fighter Attack) is a development of its predecessor the Sea Harrier FRS1 (Fighter/ Reconnaissance/Strike) concentrating on the avionics and weapons system of the aircraft giving it a much improved air-to-air combat capability, essential to its main task of providing a carrier group with air defence.
		The Sea King Mk.4 is the commando version of the Sea King helicopter.
	www.milavia.net /airforces/uk/faa_pictorial.htm (822 words)

	AirToAirCombat.Com: Harrier GR5, 7, & 9
		The RAF's updated Harrier force was initially committed to "combat" of sorts in 1992, when they participated in "Operation Warden", the British effort alongside the US "Operation Provide Comfort", which was supposed to help protect Kurds in northern Iraq from Saddam Hussein.
		The new Harriers were initially fitted with the old reconnaissance pods, which turned out to be a troublesome exercise since it required a good deal of rewiring of the aircraft and training of the pilots for the reconnaissance mission.
		There was also a concern in the RAF with the fact that various upgrades had been applied in an inconsistent fashion across their Harriers, making maintenance troublesome, and suggesting the need to bring up all the Harriers to a uniform spec.
	www.airtoaircombat.com /background.asp?id=24&bg=152 (1658 words)

	SHAR swansong
		The Harrier is the only operational VSTOL jet aircraft in the western world and, until the full introduction of Typhoon, the Sea Harrier was also the only 'swing' role aircraft in the British inventory.
		During the conflict in 1982 aboard HMS Invincible, the Sea Harriers were to operate in their primary air defence role with the Harrier GR3s from 1 Squadron expected to act as attrition replacements for the Sea Harriers.
		The Sea Harriers were able to fly in atrocious weather (a feature of the South Atlantic at the time of year) that many other carrier-based aircraft could not have done.
	www.airsceneuk.org.uk /hangar/2006/801sqn/801sqn.htm (1492 words)

	AirToAirCombat.Com: Sea Harrier FRS2
		Despite the success of the Sea Harrier in the Falklands, many Royal Navy officers realized they had been lucky, since the Shar had taken on a task it hadn't really been designed for, and much of the type's success was due to the superlative AIM-9L missile.
		One was a scheme known as "nozzle inching" or "nozzle nudging" that allowed a Sea Harrier pilot to perform limited adjustment of the nozzle position using the airbrake switch on top of the throttle, reducing the "three-hand" workload in STOVL flight.
		The Sea Eagle was designed for open-ocean combat and was not suited to the "littoral" (offshore) naval warfare environment that came to be the norm in the 1990s, and so they are no longer carried by RN Sea Harriers.
	www.airtoaircombat.com /background.asp?id=24&bg=156 (1470 words)

	Ships Nostalgia - Retirement of the Sea Harrier
		I have read similar reports during the Sea Harriers service with the FAA, many times against F15's which lets face it, are not exactly slouches in air to air combat.
		The article goes on to say "It rather underlines the point that the Sea Harrier remains a very potent fighter, retired from service due to cuts in UK defence spending not its continuing relevance as a fighter".
		Sea Harriers have never had the glamour of other fighters, in fact watching them at airshows has bored me rigid over the years, but I have to say they certainly seem to be one hell of an aircraft in a fight!
	shipsnostalgia.com /showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=5093 (774 words)

	Favorite Falkand's War Aircraft - CombatACE Forum
		A total of twenty Sea Harriers were deployed from HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible, and they inflicted serious losses on the Argentine air force destroying 23 aircraft in air-to-air combat.
		In all three Sea Harriers were lost to ground fire, but none was lost to enemy aircraft.
		Furthermore, the main goal of the Sea Harriers was to achieve air superiority = deny the airspace over the islands = prevent enemy air activity over the islands, etc...
	forum.combatace.com /index.php?act=findpost&pid=38202 (3079 words)

	HMS Invincible sunk in 1982 - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
		She was now capable of operating the new Sea Harrier aircraft that would prove so vital in outcome of the war.
		Sea Harriers from the two ships were involved in air strikes following the initial Vulcan raid on Port Stanley and were frequently in action after that.
		A Sea Harrier can be seen on the ski ramp and her sailors line the decks.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread166587/pg40 (5688 words)

	BAE Sea Harrier - TheBestLinks.com - FAA Sea Harrier FRS1, April, August 20, April 2, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		BAE Sea Harrier - TheBestLinks.com - FAA Sea Harrier FRS1, April, August 20, April 2,...
		FAA Sea Harrier FRS1, BAE Sea Harrier, April, August 20, April 2, AIM-9...
		However the Sea Harriers claimed 24 kills to two combat losses and the RAF fleet was free to operate in their primary ground attack role.
	www.thebestlinks.com /FAA_Sea_Harrier_FRS1.html (750 words)

	Falklands_war info here at en.andmoretop.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Air strikes were staged against ground, sea and air targets on both sides and often with clear results.
		At sea, it demonstrated the domination of airpower in major engagements and the usefulness of carriers.
		Other titles focused on the Sea Harrier (Sharkey Ward's Sea Harrier over the Falklands), the land battles leading up to the Argentine surrender (Christian Jennings and Adrian Weale's Green Eyed Boys), and the general experience of battle (Ken Lukowiak's A Soldier's Song).
	en.andmoretop.info /Falklands_war (10005 words)

	Fawklin Island War change... - SpaceBattles.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As a result, despite being outnumbered overall by more than 6 to 1, the Harriers actually exceeded the sortie generation of the Argentines by about 2 to 1, meaning that the RN Harriers were never at a significant local numerical disadvantage.
		In contrast, the Harriers had the latest generation all-aspect Sidewinder missiles which proved to be incredibly lethal and gave them a massive advantage in air to air combat.
		Harrier pilots continually remarked on how brave and skilled individual Argentine pilots were, but said how abysmally poor their overall tactics were.
	forums.spacebattles.com /showthread.php?t=59171 (2635 words)

	Pilot: FAA or RAF [Archive] - PPRuNe Forums
		Flying from the sea is the most challenging flying you will experience and whether you want to be a FJ or RW pilot you can do both with the Fleet Air Arm.
		Harriers can deploy under the JFACC or JMCC and (as with any other asset) can also be apportioned to the most appropriate commander as the JTFC see fit (normally on the advice of the Air Specialist - the JFACC (that need not necessarily be RAF)).
		After reading this I have decided to become a FAA pilot as a first option, and an RAF pilot as second, although I don't know whether to join the Air Cadets or the Sea Cadets (A Sea Cadet unit is almost literally down the road from where I live).
	www.pprune.org /forums/archive/index.php/t-175633.html (6442 words)

	MoD makes a fist of it...
		The Sea Harrier has been in service with 899 NAS since 1980, when they reformed, taking over from 700(A) Flight who worked up the type for FAA service.
		The upgraded Sea Harrier FA2 was first flown by the OEU (Operational Evaluation Unit) in June 1993, which although initially based at Boscombe Down, was an offshoot of the squadron.
		After the flypast the four Sea Harriers hovered in front of the parade ground, and bowed to the assembled dignitaries before they landed, leaving the air clear for a further flypast made up of the classic jets and a Royal Navy Hawk T1 - a unique formation.
	www.airsceneuk.org.uk /hangar/2005/899/899.htm (1462 words)

	Sea Harrier dead!! [Archive] - DA.C
		The big problem as you say is that the range of ship board radars is not that great, and the type 45's will be able to engage incoming threats with their own weapons once picked up on radar anyway.
		The AMRAAM and blue vixen gives the FAA real punch, much more capable than many people realise, to replace them with the GR7/9 is an act of sheer folly, in fact I often think our government is batting for the other side....
		Actually, I thought in the 90's the USA was making the same mistake, but America seems to have realised it's mistake and is starting to reverse some of the policy decisions of the 90's thank god.
	www.diecastaircraftforum.com /archive/index.php/t-13543.html (921 words)

	Sea Harrier dead!! - DA.C
		Quite right SC, in 1982 it was the FAA Sea Harrier FRS1's that allowed the UK to fight at all, and the RN's ship board air defence systems were found inadequate to say the least.
		Funny thing is that using Harrier GR.7/9s in fleet defense in conjunction with the Link 16 JTIDS is really nothing more the outmoded GCI-based air defense that was used by NATO/US in the 1950-60s and in the outmoded defense systems using weapons/tactices of the former Soviet Union.
		Hi, as far as I know the Sea Harrier's will be retired in 2004, but I'm not certain about that.
	www.diecastaircraftforum.com /showthread.php?t=13543 (957 words)

	SIG News_2
		Key attributes of the FJCA in comparison to the Sea Harrier and Harrier GR.7 include the need for it to be supersonic and to have improved survivability and supportability.
		The aircraft is also required to have increased range relative to the current Sea Harrier and is to be able to support internal and external weapon carriage.
		The Ministry of Defence (MOD) will replace the Navy's Sea Harrier F/A.2 and the RAF's Harrier GR.7 with 150 of the new single-seat supersonic aircraft, which will then take their place on the flight decks of the Navy's new aircraft carriers that are due in service by 2012.
	harrier.hyperlinx.cz /webnews_2.htm (1461 words)

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