U.K. scraps air defense Harriers and cuts Nimrod MRA.4 order
As part of a continuing United Kingdom cutback on defense spending, the Royal Navy's force of 50 BAE Systems Sea Harrier FA.2 air defense/attack fighters will be eliminated in 2006. The aircraft entered service in 1994. Their pilots and support personnel will be transferred to the Joint Force...
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