BAE Harrier II

Harrier GR5 / GR7 / GR9
Sebuah pesawat Harrier GR9 milik Angkatan Udara Inggris
Jenis	Pesawat tempur V/STOL
Pembuat	British Aerospace / McDonnell Douglas BAE Systems / Boeing
Pengguna utama	Angkatan Udara Inggris Royal Navy
Dikembangkan dari	Hawker Siddeley Harrier
Varian	AV-8B Harrier II

BAE Systems/Boeing Harrier II ) adalah sebuah pesawat tempur V/STOL generasi kedua yang digunakan oleh Angkatan Udara (RAF) dan sejak tahun 2006, oleh Royal Navy . Ia dikembangkan berdasarkan model terdahulunya yaitu Hawker Siddeley Harrier dan terkait erat dengan pesawat AV-8B Harrier II yang dikeluarkan oleh Amerika Serikat . Kedua banyak digunakan dalam serangan ringan dan tugas-tugas berbagai peran. Harrier II seringkali dioperasikan dari kapal pengangkut pesawat kecil.

Varian

GR.5

GR.5A

GR.7

GR.7A

GR.9

GR.9A

T.10

T.12

T.12A

Operator

A pair of Harrier GR7s, 2008

An RAF Harrier GR7A flying over Afghanistan, 2004

United Kingdom

• Royal Air Force (1989–2011)
  • No. 1 Squadron (until 2010)
  • No. 3 Squadron (until 2006)
  • No. 4 Squadron (until 2011)
  • No. 20 Squadron (until 2010)
  • (RAF Strike Attack Operational Evaluation Unit)
  • (RAF Fast Jet & Weapons Operational Evaluation Unit)
• Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
  • 800 Naval Air Squadron (2006–2007, 2010)
  • Naval Strike Wing (2007–2010)

Spesifikasi (Harrier GR7)

Overhead view of a Harrier GR9, 2006

A Harrier GR7 taking off from the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in the Persian Gulf, 1998

Digitally manipulated image of the interior of a Harrier cockpit while preparing to take off from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, 2010

Data dari Nordeen

Ciri-ciri umum

• Kru: 1
• Panjang: 46 ft 4 in
• Rentang sayap: 30 ft 4 in
• Tinggi: 11 ft 8 in
• Luas sayap: 243 ft²
• Berat kosong: 12,500 lb
• Berat isi: 15,703 lb
• Berat maksimum saat lepas landas: 18,950 lb VTO, 31,000 lb STO
• Mesin: 1 × Rolls-Royce Pegasus Mk. 105 vectored thrust turbofan, 21,750 lb

Kinerja

• Laju maksimum: 662 mph (1,065 km/h)
• Radius tempur: 300 nmi (556 km)
• Jangkauan feri: 2,015 mi (3256 km)
• Langit-langit batas: 50,000 ft
• Laju tanjak: 14,715 ft/min

Persenjataan

• Senjata api: 2× 25 mm ADEN cannon pods under the fuselage (no longer fitted)
• Titik keras: 8 (under-wing pylon stations 1A & 7A are intended for air-to-air missiles only) dengan kapasitas 8,000 lb (3,650 kg) of payload dengan izin untuk mengangkut:
  • Roket: 4× LAU-5003 rocket pods (19× CRV7 70 mm rockets each) or 4× Matra rocket pods (18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each)
  • Rudal: 6× AIM-9 Sidewinders or 4× AGM-65 Maverick
  • Bom: ordnance such as Paveway series of laser-guided bombs, unguided iron bombs (including 3 kg and 14 kg practice bombs)
  • Lainnya: 2× auxiliary drop tanks or reconnaissance pods (such as the Joint Reconnaissance Pod)

A government statement gave the following systems as being cleared for the GR9 as of November 2010, just before its retirement :

• Recce/targetting pods: DJRP, Sniper and TIALD
• Air-to-air: AIM-9L Sidewinder
• Bombs: Paveway II/III/IV, Enhanced Paveway II/II+, 540 lb and 1000 lb iron bombs
• Air-to-ground: CRV-7 rocket pod, AGM-65 Maverick

The Litening 3 and RAPTOR pods, ASRAAM, Enhanced Paveway III, ALARM, Brimstone and Storm Shadow were not qualified for use on the GR9. A GR9 in Afghanistan typically carried a DJRP, a Sniper pod, two Paveway IV and two of either CRV-7, Paveway IV or Maverick.

Lihat pula

• Harrier Jump Jet, an overview of the Harrier family
• Harrier Jump Jet family losses

Pengembangan yang berhubungan

• British Aerospace Sea Harrier
• McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II

Pesawat sebanding dalam peran, konfigurasi, dan era

• Boeing X-32
• Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
• Yakovlev Yak-38

Referensi

• Eden, Paul (ed.). "McDonnell Douglas/BAe Harrier II". The Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft. London, UK: Amber Books, 2004. ISBN 1-904687-84-9. 
• Elliot, Simon (18 September 1990). "Harrier – The Next 30 Years". Flight International: 50–57. Diakses tanggal 26 August 2012. 
• House of Commons: Defence Committee. Delivering front line capability to the RAF: third report of session 2005–06; report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence. The Stationery Office, 2006. ISBN 0-215026-94-2. 
• Jefford, C.G., ed. (2006). The RAF Harrier Story (PDF). London, UK: Royal Air Force Historical Society. ISBN 0-9530345-2-6. Pemeliharaan CS1: Teks tambahan: authors list (link)
• Jenkins, Dennis R. Boeing / BAe Harrier. Warbird Tech. 21. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 1998. ISBN 1-58007-014-0. 
• Nordeen, Lon O. Harrier II, Validating V/STOL. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2006. ISBN 1-59114-536-8. 
• Orchard, Adrian. Joint Force Harrier. Penguin, 2008. ISBN 0-14188-975-6. 
• Polmar, Norman. The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships And Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet. Naval Institute Press, 2005. ISBN ISBN 1-59114-685-2. 
• Walker, Karen (19 July 1986). "V/STOL Comes of Age". Flight International: 23–25. Diakses tanggal 22 July 2011. 
• Wilson, Stewart. BAe/McDonnell Douglas Harrier. Airlife, 2000. ISBN 1-84037-218-4. 

Pranala luar

• Second-generation Harriers on Greg Goebel's vectorsite.net

• Photos of this aircraft on Airliners.net
• Photographs of Harrier G R Mk 7 deployed aboard HMS Illustrious
• Defense Industry Daily: AV-8B Harrier finding Success in Iraq (March 30, 2005)
• http://www.youtube.com How the Harrier hovers
• BAE Harrier II GR9, Price - $ 30 million $ 35 million U.S. with Upgrades * (Financial Year 2013)