Sorry ending: RAF Harrier jets languishing in the Arizona desert after being sold off to the US for a cut-down price
Languishing In Arizona, Our Once-Mighty Fleet Of Harriers... Sold For The Price Of Just ONE Of Their US-Made Replacements -- Daily Mail
They were once the pride of Britain’s RAF and Royal Navy – but now these stripped-down Harrier vertical take-off jump jets sit like skeletons in the famous US aircraft ‘Boneyard’ in the Arizona desert.
The once iconic aircraft – whose original versions first saw active service more than 40 years ago – are among some of the 72 Harriers that Britain prematurely scrapped and then sold to America for a knockdown £116 million last November.
They are now used for spare parts for US Harriers, which America still consider viable fighting planes.
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My Comment: Used as spare parts .... a sad end to a noble plane.
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