Article: Europe at War: NATO build up: Mission Invincible; Britain's top battleship to head armada.(News)

Article: RAF Harriers stepping up the pressure in blitz on ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  April 9, 1999 ;     700+ words ...RAF Harrier GR7s yesterday stepped up their attacks on Serbian ground troops in Kosovo, Group Captain Ian Travers Smith said. Pilots who successfully bombed mobile Serb units were immediately told to prepare to fly back into combat when they returned to their Southern Italian air base. As ground

Article: RAF Harriers fired on by.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  August 15, 2006 ;     584 words ...BRITISH Harrier jets have been fired on by surface-to-air missiles while providing crucial air support in the fight against the Taliban, a senior pilot said today. Squadron Leader Damien Killeen, 33, operational commander based in Kandahar, said anti-coalition forces had a number of American,

Article: RAF Harriers to get 120m missile upgrade
Evening Standard - London;  July 24, 2000 ;     247 words ...MORE THAN 50 of the RAF's Harrier jump-jets are to be upgraded with a missile system costing 120million, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon will tell the Commons tonight. Harriers and Tornados are also to get a satellite system enabling poor-weather operation as well as new "secure" communications links.

Article: BLAIR RAID WARNING; RAF Harriers on bombing red ...
The Mirror (London, England);  November 15, 1997 ;     564 words ...Six deadly RAF Harrier jets went on war alert last night as Tony Blair warned Iraq's Saddam Hussein he was making "a very, very severe mistake". The planes, with laser-guided bombs, are on 48 hours' notice to fly to the Gulf. Mr Blair told Saddam to allow UN arms inspections and said the tyrant

Article: Qinetiq will keep ageing RAF Harriers in the air
Professional Engineering;  July 9, 2008 ;     426 words ...Contract will keep fighter jets in service for a total of 50 years QINETIQ has been awarded a contract to maintain the RAF's ageing Harrier aircraft for another IO years, pushing the service lifetime of the iconic fighter jet to 50 years. Under the 24 million Ministry of Defence contract, Qinetiq

Article: MILOSEVIC WILL PULL OUT TROOPS; But NATO approves air ...
The Mirror (London, England);  October 13, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... face of Serb persecution. Milosevic's office issued a statement ... scupper a permanent deal. Milosevic is rejecting demands to deliver ... start at the weekend should Milosevic fail to comply with its demands ... Waves of bombers, including RAF Harriers, would then hit airfields ...

Article: Europe At War: The Bombing We Will Finish The Job; Blair's ...
The Mirror (London, England);  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... bombing would raise the cost to Milosevic and his advisers of his policy ... faced a "long haul" before Milosevic backed down. But he added ... missiles, US B-52 bombers and RAF Harriers struck 16 radar sites, 18 ... Western leaders have rejected Milosevic's offer to reduce violence ...