Harrier

**Harrier** is a family of aircraft produced by Hawker, British Aerospace, and McDonnell Douglas

## Units

* AV-8A Harrier (1973)
* AV-8A Harrier (1978)
* AV-8B Harrier II (1986)
* AV-8B Harrier II (1992)
* AV-8B Harrier II (1995)
* AV-8B Harrier II (2001)
* AV-8B Harrier II (2003)
* AV-8B Harrier II+ (Italy 1997)
* AV-8B Harrier II+ (Italy 1998)
* AV-8B Harrier II+ (Italy 2002)
* AV-8B Harrier II+ (Italy 2008)
* AV-8B Harrier II+ (USMC 1993)
* AV-8B Harrier II+ (USMC 2001)
* AV-8B Harrier II+ (USMC 2003)
* AV-8B Harrier II+ (USMC 2006)
* AV-8B Harrier II+ (USMC 2012)
* AV-8B Harrier II+ (USMC 2015)
* AV-8B Harrier II+ (USMC 2016)
* AV-8C Harrier
* AV-8S Harrier (Thailand)
* Harrier GR.1
* Harrier GR.1A
* Harrier GR.3 (1977)
* Harrier GR.3 (1982)
* Harrier GR.5
* Harrier GR.5A
* Harrier GR.7 (1990)
* Harrier GR.7 (1995)
* Harrier GR.7 (2004)
* Harrier GR.7 (2006)
* Harrier GR.9
* Harrier GR.9A
* Sea Harrier FA.2 (1995)
* Sea Harrier FA.2 (2000)
* Sea Harrier FRS.1 (1979)
* Sea Harrier FRS.1 (1982)
* Sea Harrier FRS.1 (1985)
* Sea Harrier FRS.1 (1987)
* Sea Harrier FRS.1 (1993)
* Sea Harrier Mk51 (1984)
* Sea Harrier Mk51 (2005)
* Sea Harrier Mk51 (2009)
* VA.1A Matador (1977)
* VA.1A Matador (1988)
* VA.1B Matador II (1989)
* VA.1B Matador II (1997)
* VA.1B Matador II (2002)

## Operational service

### India

* 1983 December 16: 3 x Sea Harrier FRS.51
* 1984: 3 x Sea Harrier FRS.51 acquired
* 1985: 2 x Harrier T.60 acquired
* 1986-1991: 24 x Sea Harrier FRS.51 acquired at a rate of 4/year
* 1988 May 4: Sea Harrier FRS.51 lost
* 1988 June 27: Harrier T.60 lost
* 1990-1991: 2 x Harrier T.60 acquired
* 1992: 2 x Sea Harrier FRS.51 lost
* 1996 February 8: Sea Harrier FRS.51 lost
* 1997 September 30: Sea Harrier FRS.51 lost
* 2001 May 25: Sea Harrier FRS.51 lost
* 2002: 2 x Harrier T4(I) acquired
* 2003 August 24: Sea Harrier FRS.51 lost
* 2004 December 17: Sea Harrier FRS.51 lost
* 2005 December 5: Sea Harrier FRS.51 lost
* 2007: 2 x Sea Harrier FRS.51 lost
* 2007 April 5: Harrier T.60 lost
* 2009: Inventory reduced to 12 x Sea Harrier FRS.51
* 2016 May 11: Fleet retired from service

### Spain

* 1975-1976: 6 x AV-8S acquired
* 1976: 2 x TAV-8S acquired
* 1980: 5 x AV-8S acquired
* 1987-1988: 12 x EAV-8B acquired
* 1988: 1 x TAV-8B acquired
* 1996: 6 x AV-8S + 2 x TAV-8S transferred to Thailand

### Thailand

* 1996: 6 x AV-8S + 2 x TAV-8S acquired from Spain

### United Kingdom

* 1967-1971: 61 x Harrier GR1 acquired
* 1969-1971: 10 x Harrier T2 acquired
* 1971-1972: 17 x Harrier GR1A acquired
* 1971-1972: 41 x Harrier GR1 converted to Harrier GR1A
* 1972: 4 x Harrier T2A acquired
* 1973: 10 x Harrier T2 converted to T2A
* 1976: 3 x Harrier T4 acquired
* 1976-1977: 36 x Harrier GR3 acquired
* 1978-1983: 32 x Sea Harrier FRS1 acquired
* 1979: 1 x Harrier T4 acquired
* 1980-1982: 61 x Harrier GR1/1A converted to Harrier GR3
* 1982-1983: 4 x Harrier T4 acquired
* 1983: 3 x Harrier T4N acquired
* 1985: 2 x Harrier GR5 acquired
* 1985-1988: 22 x Sea Harrier FRS1 acquired
* 1986: 4 x Harrier GR3 acquired
* 1986: 1 x Harrier T4 converted to Harrier T4A
* 1987: 4 x Harrier T4 acquired
* 1987-1989: 41 x Harrier GR5 acquired
* 1988: 2 x Sea Harrier FRS1 converted to Sea Harrier FA2
* 1989: 3 x Harrier GR5A converted from Harrier GR5
* 1989-1990: 19 x Harrier GR5A acquired
* 1990-1992: 34 x Harrier GR7 acquired
* 1990-1992: 53 x Harrier GR7 converted from Harrier GR5/GR5A
* 1994-1995: 13 x Harrier T10 acquired
* 1994-1996: 5 x Harrier T4/T4N converted to Harrier T8N
* 1995-1998: 18 x Sea Harrier FA2 acquired
* 1995-1998: 29 x Sea Harrier FRS1 converted to Sea Harrier FA2
* 2002-2004: 20 x Harrier GR7A converted from Harrier GR7
* 2003-2006: 10 x Harrier GR9 converted from Harrier GR7
* 2003-2006: 30 x Harrier GR9A converted from Harrier GR7/GR7A
* 2003-2006: 12 x Harrier T12 converted from Harrier T10

### United States

* 1971-1976: 102 x AV-8A acquired
* 1979-1984: 47 x AV-8A converted to AV-8C
* 1982: 4 x AV-8B acquired
* 1983-1989: 162 x AV-8B acquired
* 1986-1992: 22 x TAV-8B acquired
* 1989: 1 x AV-8B(NA) converted from AV-8B
* 1989-1993: 72 x AV-8B(NA) acquired
* 1990-1991: 2 x TAV-8B+ acquired
* 1993-1997: 43 x AV-8B+ acquired
* 1993-1997: 72 x AV-8B+ converted from AV-8B