Say something nice, mean, or neutral about the Harrier jump jet.
>>62506950I'd fuck it
It was cool in True Lies
Sexy. It does a great job would wanted a higher top speed
This is the closest real world equivalent to a mecha.
>>62506950Second most rapable jet after the Forger, the old slag can absolutely get it
>>62506950Ugly.
>>62506950I would rail the shit out of hot milf edition Jamie Lee Curtis in that movie with a fist fight on top of a hovering harrier.
>>62506950i like the weird look of the trainer version
>>62507261>I've been doing a lot of thinking lately
>>62506950extremely fuckable
>>62506950I like saying "jump jet".
>>62506950pretty cool jet
It showed the STOVL concept is viable for real world combat which has opened up naval aviation capacity for countries that can't or won't make a full carrier, which is why the F-35B is such a big deal for improving the capabilities of NATO and MNNAs
>>62506950The Harrier is remarkable for being not only the only non-garbage, non-suicidal VTOL jet, but actually being decent and having a modicum of success. It also had a good radar, weapons, T:W and other flight characteristics for its time. It's also a good looker, both the British and American Harriers though I do slightly prefer the AV-8B.
>>62506950I can't think of anything mean to say
>>62507397>modicum of successIt far excedeed expectations in the Falklands War. It went against supersonic fighters and won. Half of the airframes were RAF planes too, not Fleet Air Arm.
>>62506950I fucking loved using them in Red Alert 2
>>62507261this shoulda been standard version for some reasonsomething about the pilot needing to "just fly, and balance", so front seat can run weapons.like an attack chopper, but a jet.shoulda gone with Harrier-On-'Roids instead of fucking up entire F-35 programlike they did with SuperBugbake-in a RATO option so it can launch with real payload from an airdrop supplied forward launch site.
>>62506950Easily my favorite plane, a jet that hovers was so fucking cool to my 7 year old brain, I built like 20 models of them
>>62507531When I first saw a Harrier in a videogame (some 007 game on OG Xbox) I thought it was a fictional superweapon or something, because a hovering fighter would be too cool to exist.
>>62507503>instead of fucking up entire F-35 programRETARD ALERT
>>62507434Most pilots survived their shootdowns too. The same can't be said for most the Argentinian pilots.
>>62507503>fucking up entire F-35 programA STOVL version was planned from the very beginning of the JSF. The USMC and Royal Navy wanted a Harrier replacement and it was one of the main motivations for the whole project. Same with Italy. Now the F-35B is here, Japan has two aircraft carriers (USMC is currently operating their planes from them until the JASDF planes are delivered, which goes to show how deeply Japan and the US are integrating their defense plans) and Korea may do as well soon. Other countries can also join suit, as it's lowering the barrier of entry for naval aviation. It's not a fuck up, it's pivotal to the strategy of making sure the Chinese stay where they belong
>>62506950>doesn't jump>doesn't harry
Despite its use in combat, Harrier killed more of its own pilots than it did enemy ones. It was the last British aircraft that mattered. Of Harrier's era, A-10 is still useful but Harrier is not.
>>62507957>harry (third-person singular simple present harries, present participle harrying, simple past and past participle harried) (transitive) >1. To plunder, pillage, assault.>2. To make repeated attacks on an enemy.>3. To strip, lay waste, ravage. quotations>4. To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.I'd say it has a very good track record of harrying Hajis and Argentinians.
>>62507986Literally anything else harries better. It's just that it was the best carrier thing until F-14/18.
Yeah but I can land a Harrier in a forest when all the runways get nuked, and thats cool
I feel like Harrier has main character energy, but really only got to be the main character once in media.
>>62508243More than most planes get
>>62508250All of those interceptors with nothing to intercept...
Wonder how long it will stay in service. Would US or Spain be willing to share / swap parts to keep em around longer or is it just time to switch.That or sell em all to Veitnam
