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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Iconic Harriers go to US for spares

HarriersThey stand poignantly framed against the setting sun — the skeletal remains of Harrier jets that were once the pride of the RAF.

The tarpaulin-shrouded planes were pictured in Southampton, in what was the final glimpse of them before they were shipped to America to be broken up for spare parts.

The Harriers were famously featured in an iconic report from the 1982 Falklands War.

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