Sea Harrier fighter aircraft

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V/STOL aircraft carrier-based fighter aircraft fighter aircraft variant jet aircraft military aircraft

The Sea Harrier fighter aircraft is a British naval vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) jet renowned for its pivotal air combat role during the Falklands War.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Sea Harrier 0
Sea Harrier FRS.1 2
Sea Harrier FA2 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf V/STOL aircraft ⓘ
carrier-based fighter aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft variant ⓘ
fighter aircraft variant ⓘ
jet aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
armedWith 30 mm ADEN cannon ⓘ
AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles ⓘ
surface form: AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles

bombs ⓘ
unguided rockets ⓘ
basedOn Hawker Siddeley Harrier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedFor air defense ⓘ
fleet air defense ⓘ
naval aviation ⓘ
engineType vectored-thrust turbofan ⓘ
enteredService 1978 ⓘ
feature short takeoff and vertical landing ⓘ
ski-jump takeoff capability ⓘ
vertical/short takeoff and landing capability ⓘ
firstFlight 1978 ⓘ
hasVariant Sea Harrier fighter aircraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sea Harrier FA2

Sea Harrier fighter aircraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sea Harrier FRS.1
landingMethod short landing ⓘ
vertical landing ⓘ
manufacturer British Aerospace ⓘ
Hawker Siddeley ⓘ
maxSpeed approximately Mach 0.9 ⓘ
notableFor air-to-air combat success in the Falklands War ⓘ
operating from small aircraft carriers ⓘ
operatedBy Indian Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
poweredBy Rolls-Royce Pegasus turbofan ⓘ
surface form: Rolls-Royce Pegasus turbofan engine
primaryUser Indian Navy ⓘ
surface form: Indian Naval Air Arm

Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
surface form: Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
retiredFromService Indian Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
retirementDateIndianNavy 2016 ⓘ
retirementDateRoyalNavy 2006 ⓘ
role attack aircraft ⓘ
fighter ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 51,000 ft ⓘ
takeoffMethod short takeoff ⓘ
vertical takeoff ⓘ
usedBy India ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
usedInConflict Bosnian War ⓘ
Falklands War ⓘ
Kosovo War ⓘ
variantOf Harrier family ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sea Harrier fighter aircraft → hasVariant → Sea Harrier fighter aircraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Sea Harrier
this entity surface form: Sea Harrier FRS.1
Sea Harrier fighter aircraft → hasVariant → Sea Harrier fighter aircraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Sea Harrier
this entity surface form: Sea Harrier FA2
Operation Corporate → notableAircraft → Sea Harrier fighter aircraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea Harrier FRS.1
Falklands War → usedWeapon → Sea Harrier fighter aircraft ⓘ