Y oh Y?
Royal Air Force No. 233 Operational Conversion Unit's Hawker Siddeley Harrier T.4 XW927/Y seen on the flight-line at a murky 1982 RNAS Yeovilton 'Air Day'
It does beg the question what the actual 'cost' was of retiring the Harrier fleet early?
With the loss of that skill-set that has had to be mostly re-learned for the F-35 fraternity and the fact that for the last few years that whole exercise has been entrenched in the US prior to their eventual delivery here sometime soon - let's face it, the price the UK Government sold the whole Harrier fleet for probably doesn't even cover the 'Mess' tab :0
Scanned Kodak 35mm Transparency
Y oh Y?
Royal Air Force No. 233 Operational Conversion Unit's Hawker Siddeley Harrier T.4 XW927/Y seen on the flight-line at a murky 1982 RNAS Yeovilton 'Air Day'
It does beg the question what the actual 'cost' was of retiring the Harrier fleet early?
With the loss of that skill-set that has had to be mostly re-learned for the F-35 fraternity and the fact that for the last few years that whole exercise has been entrenched in the US prior to their eventual delivery here sometime soon - let's face it, the price the UK Government sold the whole Harrier fleet for probably doesn't even cover the 'Mess' tab :0
Scanned Kodak 35mm Transparency