The Harrier Jump Jet, often referred to as just "Harrier" or "the Jump Jet", is a British designed military jet aircraft capable of Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing (V/STOL) via thrust vectoring. The Harrier family is the only truly successful design of this type from the many that arose in the 1960s. The Harrier has become an aircraft icon and is seen as major milestone in aviation. Umbrella owned an unidentified amount of Harriers, at least two TAV-8B two seat trainer variants in the possession of Alfred Ashford under the Rockfort Island Military Training Facility.
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| - The Harrier Jump Jet, often referred to as just "Harrier" or "the Jump Jet", is a British designed military jet aircraft capable of Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing (V/STOL) via thrust vectoring. The Harrier family is the only truly successful design of this type from the many that arose in the 1960s. The Harrier has become an aircraft icon and is seen as major milestone in aviation. Umbrella owned an unidentified amount of Harriers, at least two TAV-8B two seat trainer variants in the possession of Alfred Ashford under the Rockfort Island Military Training Facility.
- The Harrier, informally referred to as the Jump Jet, is a family of military jet aircraft capable of vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) operations. Historically the Harrier was developed in Britain to operate from ad-hoc facilities such as car parks or forest clearings, avoiding the need for large air bases vulnerable to tactical nuclear weapons. Later the design was adapted for use from aircraft carriers. The Harrier is also distinct as being of modern era, yet subsonic, contrasting with most of the major Western post-World War II-era attack aircraft, which tend to be supersonic.
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| - The Harrier, informally referred to as the Jump Jet, is a family of military jet aircraft capable of vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) operations. Historically the Harrier was developed in Britain to operate from ad-hoc facilities such as car parks or forest clearings, avoiding the need for large air bases vulnerable to tactical nuclear weapons. Later the design was adapted for use from aircraft carriers. The Harrier is also distinct as being of modern era, yet subsonic, contrasting with most of the major Western post-World War II-era attack aircraft, which tend to be supersonic. There are two generations of four main variants of the Harrier family:
* Hawker Siddeley Harrier
* British Aerospace Sea Harrier
* Boeing/BAE Systems AV-8B Harrier II
* BAE Systems/Boeing Harrier II The Hawker Siddeley Harrier is the first generation-version and is also known as the AV-8A Harrier. The Sea Harrier is a naval strike/air defence fighter. The AV-8B and BAE Harrier II are the US and British variants respectively of the second generation Harrier aircraft.
- The Harrier Jump Jet, often referred to as just "Harrier" or "the Jump Jet", is a British designed military jet aircraft capable of Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing (V/STOL) via thrust vectoring. The Harrier family is the only truly successful design of this type from the many that arose in the 1960s. The Harrier has become an aircraft icon and is seen as major milestone in aviation. Umbrella owned an unidentified amount of Harriers, at least two TAV-8B two seat trainer variants in the possession of Alfred Ashford under the Rockfort Island Military Training Facility.
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