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The article says that the UK's contribution to the NATO-led campaign to protect Libyan civilians from attack by forces loyal to leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's regime could be delivered more cheaply by using Harriers from a Royal Navy CVS-class aircraft carrier.
Citat:Speaking before the article's publication, chief of the air staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton has defended the Ministry of Defence's decision to retire the Harrier in favour of safeguarding the bulk of the Tornado GR4 fleet, describing it as "in cold logic, unavoidable".
With reference to the Libyan operation, Dalton said: "The Tornados have delivered [MBDA] Storm Shadows to penetrate hardened buildings and the dual-mode Brimstone, neither of which could have been delivered by the Harrier."
Neni nepoznat događaj - ove fotografije navodno opisuju Hariera koji je imao problem sa stajnim trapom. Da bi mogao da se bezbedno prizemlji, osoblje aerodroma brže bolje postavilo je nekoliko madraca za "mekše" prizemljenje, ali zamisao nije baš urodila plodom....
Da li neko zna nešto više o ovom ? Da li je ovo namerno rađeno (svrha ispitivanja ili slično) ili je situacija zaista nalagala da se nešto preduzme u vrlo kratkom roku ?
Citat:It seems the Harrier vertical take-off and landing jet in these pictures had trouble with its landing gear. Since it has the capability to land vertically, some quick-thinking ground staff built a platform of mattresses (presumably stripped from the local barracks) for it to land on. It worked, too - except for a mattress being sucked into the air intake!
