In 2006 the Sea Harrier was withdrawn from service.

It was planned to form a third front line squadron with ten Sea Harriers, but only eight could be brought together initially.

During their escape they were shot down by Sea Harriers.

One of the Sea Harrier's many remarkable features was its short start-up time.

The Sea Harrier vaulted from the ski jump and into the sky.

Repeated attacks by Sea Harriers, with conventional 450-kg bombs, were no more effective.

In any case, the Sea Harrier was a wonderful machine to fly: exciting and very different.

Illustrious was scrambling her Sea Harriers, all five of them.

The decision to retire the Sea Harrier early has been criticised by some officers within the military.

Sea Harriers shot down 21 aircraft with no air-to-air losses themselves, although six were lost to ground fire and accidents.