Final US AV-8B Harriers to retire from service in 2027
The latest aviation strategy from the US Marine Corps calls for half of the service's vertical/short take-off and landing AV-8B Harrier jump jets to be retired by 2026, with the remaining aircraft mothballed in 2027.
www.flightglobal.com
첫댓글 2011년에 퇴역한 영국보다 18년 더 쓰네요. 영국은 2010년에 경항모에 싣는 해리어로는 공격력이 부족하다고 퇴역시켰습니다.
Even after 2015, short-range Harriers - whether operating from HMS Illustrious or HMS Queen Elizabeth - would provide only a very limited coercive capability. We judge it unlikely that this would be sufficiently useful in the latter half of the decade to be a cost-effective use of defence resources.
https://cafe.daum.net/NTDS/51Tv/759
해리어로 이것저것 다 해야 되는 영국과 지상공격만 하면 되는 미해병대의 차이네요