Citing the jet’s capability compared to the F-35B, the UK will purchase 124 Harrier jets.
It is understood that the capability of the F-35B compared to the capability of the Harrier jet was the driving factor behind this decision.
Speaking in an obscure website comment section, ‘Bring back the Harrier’ spokesman Terry-Bill Boar said:
“This is a welcome decision! While it is true that Harrier is slower and can carry much less than the F-35B, it offers much greater situational awareness than the suite of equipment on the F-35B. For example, flying slower gives the pilot more time to look out of the cockpit canopy and has a more personal touch than using a range of sensors.”
The Ministry of Defence said:
“The F-35B is far more capable than the Harrier and using them in combat would be incredibly unfair and a give a bad image of a new, fairer Global Britain. As a result, we have decided to ‘bring back the Harrier’ on a temporary basis.”
It is understood that the Royal Air Force will be trialling an innovative solution in order to find personnel for the new aircraft. I’m told that anyone who thinks the UK should have purchased more Harriers instead of the F-35B is eligible to fly, as no one else can be found to fly a relatively obsolete aircraft.
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April fools!!!!
No Really ? 🙄
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If only !! Happy April fools day
Presumably these are the Airfix kits the MOD mentioned in 2011. As long as there on deck by Halloween 😡 I can’t see a problem.
Good one!!!! “I pity the fools” from the legendary B A Baracus if you’re not old enough to remember ask your parents
Happy April Fools
😂😂 There’s quite a few people who would like this to be true!!
Not sure why the USMC don’t try flying Harriers of them, to be honest. The Ramp and SRVL would probably reduce fuel consumption relative to the America class and also have more sortie rate due to the larger deck
I’ll have a go and my mate Biggles he often flys undone
Finally common sense has prevailed , a day to remember
That had better be sarcastic
🙂
Joking apart the premature withdrawal of the UK Harrier force and also the Tornado were massive cuts in capability, something that I still consider unforegivable.
Is the pub open yet 🤗
It may sound like a funny joke but the UK lacks sufficient number of jets for the carriers ! The money spend on Ukraine could have been enough to buy many jets .
The Harrier looks like a beast ! One of the best looking fighter jet in history and the most unique it was . When Britain had industrial capacity and could do things alone
Have a day off.
No country in the world currently has capability to run f35 type project alone, even the US brought in others.The cost of cutting edge platforms is so high its made aircraft development a team sport.
Joking aside the decision to get rid of the sea harriers before we had a replacement was idiotic
The whole article is rubbish not at all funny
I bet you get plenty of dinner party invites.
Butt out
As I see it lots of things we do are strange and almost idiotic, tornadoes, harrier, hercules and on and on, just have to look at these three platforms and the countries still using them and still buying one of them to think that we are not really as we should be… Merry Monday lads 🍻🍻🍻
Well done George, quite the coup getting a snippet from the future Labours governments first defence announcement.😂😂🤣🤣🤣
“The F-35B is far more capable than the Harrier and using them in combat would be incredibly unfair and a give a bad image of a new, fairer Global Britain. As a result, we have decided to ‘bring back the Harrier’ on a temporary basis.”
Absolutely golden……
The way things are going ,airfix should build the f35 b ,save money ,Britain’s model builders being called up for the build ,CONSCRIPTION BEGINS 2ND OF APRIL,LOL
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If only it were true. This government has a lot to answer for especially the Harrier’s untimely retirement. The state of our military is a disgrace. We are now the laughing stock of most of NATO , and Russia. The air force is depleted to an all-time low. Now they are retiring he older Typhoons..if ever the Russians try their luck, we would not last long than a month.
Seems reasonable to me and in line with HMG spending plans. Will they resurrect the 25 mm Aden gun and Redtop missiles to round off the package?
They have put out a tender for Zepplins
It would have been a sensible choice as would a third carrier but just from the headlines we knew it was an April fools joke, no British government from the past 40 or so years has done anything remotely sensible regarding our defence, actually regarding anything at all
What a stupid joke. Especially when scrapping the Harrier wasn’t much a stupid idea in the first place. Our combination of MPs and civilians servants have for too many years destroyed their defence off thistle once great nation.
I’d say HMS Princess Diana is a more hilarious use of Avril Fuller’s time.
Princess who?
who was the fools WHO SOLD all our harriers to the Americans for buttons.
And now they are thriving with them.
Did they know they didn’t need a Airport. and the could have modified the engine.
We do have some Numties in the collar and tie fraternity.
It’s a shame it was a April fools.
did they ever think about they could be transported very easily around the world .
I once
stood in front of one. a couple of hundred yards of course, it looked and sounded fearsome , it’s maneuverability
was unbelievable, and when it faced me with its tail in the air , I almost had a mishap.
HH
Oh so that’s why we spend so little on defence! We have to give the Russians a fair chance you know. If we actually tried we’d win to easily!