List of Harrier operators
This is a list of operators of the Hawker-Siddeley Harrier family of V/STOL ground attack / fighter aircraft, designed and built in the United Kingdom and United States of America.
P.1127 / prototype / evaluation aircraft operators
- United Kingdom
- Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment P.1127 and Kestrel trials and evaluation
- Royal Air Force
- Central Fighter Establishment - Kestrel (P.1127) Evaluation Squadron (also known as the Tripartite Evaluation Squadron), nine Kestrel aircraft allocated for evaluation in 1965. One aircraft was lost in an accident, six aircraft later passed to the United States Army, one to the RAE and one to Hawker-Siddeley for further trials.[2]
- Royal Aircraft Establishment P.1127 and Kestrel trials and evaluation.[2]
- United States
- United States Army
- (aircrew participated in both the Tri-partite Evaluation Squadron and as part of the American XV-6A Tri-service evaluation team. Had three Kestrel aircraft allocated after the evaluation at West Raynham and also acquired the three allocated to Germany. Four later transferred to the United States Air Force and two to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration).[3]
- United States Air Force
- (aircrew participated in both the Tri-partite Evaluation Squadron and as part of the American XV-6A Tri-service evaluation team but had no aircraft allocated after the evaluation at West Raynham, four former United States Army aircraft operated for trials).[3]
- United States Navy
- (aircrew participated in both the Tri-partite Evaluation Squadron and as part of the American XV-6A Tri-service evaluation team but had no aircraft allocated after the evaluation).[3]
- NASA
- operated two former United States Army Kestrels.[3]
- West Germany
- Luftwaffe
- (aircrew participated in the Tri-partite Evaluation Squadron, three allocated Kestrel aircraft not delivered and passed to United States Army)[3]
First generation Harrier operators
- India
- Indian Navy
- Operated the Harrier T.54 for Sea Harrier training.[4]
- Spain
- Spanish Navy
- No. 008 Escuadrilla – AV-8S and TAV-8S Matador.[5]
- Thailand
- Royal Thai Navy
- Squadron 1 Wing3 (HTMS Chakri Naruebet Flying Unit) – AV-8S and TAV-8S.[5] In 1999, only one aircraft of the 10 former Spanish aircraft received was believed to be airworthy because of lack of available spares.[6]
- United Kingdom
- Royal Air Force
- No. 1 Squadron RAF
- re-equipped with Harrier GR.1s between July and October 1969 at RAF Wittering. It started to replace its first generation Harriers with Harrier GR.5s in 1988, discarding its last GR.3 on 31 March 1989.[7]
- No. 3 Squadron RAF
- formed at RAF Wildenrath with the Harrier GR.1A on 1 January 1971, moving to RAF Gütersloh in 1977. It re-equipped with Harrier GR.5s in 1989.[8]
- No. 4 Squadron RAF
- converted to Harriers at RAF Wittering in early 1970, moving to Wildenrath in Germany in June that year. It moved to RAF Gütersloh in January 1977 and replaced its GR.3s with Harrier GR.7s in 1990.[9]
- No. 20 Squadron RAF
- reformed at RAF Wittering in October 1970, moving to Wildenrath later that year. It disbanded in February 1977, with its aircraft being shared between the other two Germany based squadrons.[10]
- No. 233 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
- formed at Wittering from the Harrier Conversion Unit in October 1970.[11] No 233 OCU was assigned the numberplate 20(R) Squadron in 1992,[12] with the unit flying GR.3 until 1994[13] and the T.4 until 1996.[14]
- No. 1417 Flight RAF
- Deployed to the Central American nation of Belize from 1980 to 1993.[15]
- No. 1453 Flight RAF
- Deployed to Stanley, in the Falklands Islands from August 1983 to June 1985.[16]
- Royal Navy
- 899 Naval Air Squadron
- operated the Harrier T.4A and T.4N for training purposes for the Sea Harrier.[4]
- United States
- United States Marine Corps
- VMA-231
- AV-8A/C Harrier. 1973–1985.[17]
- VMA-513
- AV-8A/C Harrier. 1971–1986.[18]
- VMA-542
- AV-8A/C Harrier. 1972–1986.[19]
- VMAT-203
- Training squadron, equipped with AV-8A and TAV-8A Harrier. 1975–1987.[20]
Sea Harrier operators
- India
- Indian Navy - Sea Harrier F.52
- Indian Naval Air Squadron 300
- 'White Tigers'
- United Kingdom
- Fleet Air Arm – Sea Harrier FRS.1 and Sea Harrier F(A).2
- 800 Naval Air Squadron
- disbanded 2006
- 801 Naval Air Squadron
- disbanded 2006
- 809 Naval Air Squadron
- disbanded 1982
- 899 Naval Air Squadron
- disbanded 2006
AV-8B Harrier II operators
- Italy
- Italian Navy
- 14 AV-8B Plus and 2 TAV-8B Harrier IIs in service as of December 2010.[21]
- Gruppo Aerei Imbarcati - "The Wolves"
- Spain
- Spanish Navy
- 16 EAV-8B Plus and 1 TAV-8B aircraft operational as of December 2010.[21]
- 09th Squadron
- United States
- United States Marine Corps
- 126 AV-8B Plus and 16 TAV-8B Harrier IIs in operation as of December 2010.[21]
- VMA-211
- VMA-214
- VMA-223
- VMA-231
- VMA-311
- VMA-513
- VMA-542
- VMAT-203
- VX-31
- VX-9
BAE Systems Harrier II operators
- United Kingdom
- Royal Air Force
- (1989–2011) – BAE Systems Harrier II GR.5 / GR.5a / GR.7 / GR.7a / GR.9 / GR.9a / T.10 / T.12
- No. 1 Squadron
- No. 3 Squadron (until 2006)
- No. 4 Squadron
- No. 20 Squadron (until 2010)
- RAF Strike Attack Operational Evaluation Unit
- Royal Navy - Fleet Air Arm
- BAE Systems Harrier II GR.7 / GR.7a / GR.9 / GR.9a
- 800 Naval Air Squadron (2006–2007, 2010)
- Naval Strike Wing (2007–2010)
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References
- Notes
- Citations
- ^ Mason 1991, pp. 421–432.
- ^ a b Mason 1991, pp. 419–420.
- ^ a b c d e Evans, Andy (1998). BAE / McDonnell Douglas Harrier. Ramsbury, UK: The Crowood Press. ISBN 1-86126-105-5.
- ^ a b Sturtivant 2004, pp. 80–90.
- ^ a b Nordeen, Lon O. (2006). Harrier II: validating V/STOL. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-591-14536-8.
- ^ Carpenter 2000, p. 302.
- ^ Jackson 1991, pp. 89–90.
- ^ Jackson 1991, p. 90.
- ^ Jackson 1991, p. 91.
- ^ Jackson 1991, p. 92.
- ^ Jackson 1991, p. 89.
- ^ "20 Squadron". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ Evans 1998, p. 37.
- ^ Evans 1998, p. 31.
- ^ Sturtivant 2007, p. 122.
- ^ Sturtivant 2007, p. 123.
- ^ Jackson 1991, pp. 99–100.
- ^ Jackson 1991, p. 98.
- ^ Jackson 1991, p. 99.
- ^ Jackson 1991, p. 100.
- ^ a b c "Directory: World Air Forces". Flight International, 14–20 December 2010. pp. 19, 25, 29.
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- Moxton, Julian. "Supersonic Harrier: One Step Closer". Flight International, 4 December 1982, pp. 1633–1635.
- Spick, Mike and Bill Gunston. The Great Book of Modern Warplanes. Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7603-0893-4.
- Sturtivant, Ray. Fleet Air Arm Fixed-Wing Aircraft since 1946. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians), 2004. ISBN 0-85130-283.
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Further reading
- Farley, John OBE. A View From The Hover: My Life In Aviation. Bath, UK: Seager Publishing/Flyer Books, 2010, first edition 2008. ISBN 978-0953275205.
- Polmar, Norman and Dana Bell. One Hundred Years of World Military Aircraft. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 2003. ISBN 1-59114-686-0.
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