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Joint Force Harrier

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by Adrian Orchard


  Upper broad band communications antenna

  Port tailplane

  Graphite epoxy tailplane skin

  Port side temperature probe

  MAD compensator

  Formation lighting strip

  Fin construction

  Fin attachment joint

  Tailplane pivot sealing plate

  Aerials

  Ventral fin

  Tail bumper

  Lower broad band communications antenna

  Tailplane hydraulic jack

  Heat exchanger air exhaust

  Aft fuselage frames

  Rudder hydraulic actuator

  Avionics equipment air conditioning plant

  Avionics equipment racks

  Heat exchanger ram air intake

  Electrical system circuit breaker panels, port and starboard

  Avionics equipment

  Avionics bay access doors, port and starboard

  Formation-keeping luminous strip

  Ventral airbrake

  Airbrake hydraulic jack

  Avionics equipment racks

  Fuselage frame and stringer construction

  Rear fuselage fuel tank

  Main undercarriage wheelbay

  Wing-root fillet

  Wing spar/fuselage attachment joint

  Water filler cap

  Engine fire extinguisher bottle

  Anti-collision light

  Fuel tank

  Flap hydraulic actuator

  Flap hinge fitting

  Nimonic fuselage heat shield

  Main undercarriage bay doors (closed after cycling of undercarriage)

  Flap vane composite construction

  Flap composite construction

  Starboard slotted flap, lowered

  Outrigger wheel fairing

  Outrigger leg doors

  Starboard aileron

  Aileron composite construction

  Fuel jettison

  Formation lights

  Roll control air value

  Wing-tip fairing

  Starboard/forward missile warning radar antenna

  Starboard navigation light

  Radar warning antenna

  540 lb (245 kg) low drag HE bomb (retarded version, alternative)

  Outboard pylon

  Pylon attachment joint

  Graphite epoxy composite wing construction

  Aileron hydraulic actuator

  Starboard outrigger wheel

  2.75 in (70 mm) HVAR folding fin rocket

  Matra 155 rocket launcher (18 rockets)

  Intermediate pylon

  Pylon attachment joint

  Reaction control air ducting

  Chaff/flare dispensers each side of missile pylon

  Aileron control rod

  Outrigger hydraulic retraction jack

  Outrigger leg strut

  Leg pivot fixing

  Multi-spar wing construction

  Leading-edge wing fence

  Outrigger pylon

  Missile launch rail

  AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missile

  1000 lb (454 kg) retarded HE bomb (free-fall version, alternative)

  External fuel tank, 300 US gal (250 Imp gal/1351 l)

  Inboard pylon

  Aft retracting mainwheels

  Inboard pylon attachment joint

  Rear (hot steam) swivelling exhaust nozzle

  Position of pressure refuelling connection on port side

  Rear nozzle bearing

  Centre fuselage flank fuel tank

  Hydraulic reservoir

  Nozzle bearing cooling air duct

  Engine exhaust divider duct

  Wing panel centre rib

  Centre section integral fuel tank

  Port wing integral fuel tank

  Flap vane

  Port slotted flap, lowered

  Outrigger wheel fairing

  Port outrigger wheel

  Torque scissor links

  Port aileron

  Aileron hydraulic actuator

  Aileron/air value interconnection

  Fuel jettison

  Formation lights

  Port roll control air value

  Port/forward missile warning radar antenna

  Port navigation light

  Radar warning antenna

  Reaction control air ducting

  Vortex generators

  Fuel pumps

  Fuel system piping

  Port wing leading-edge fence

  Outboard pylon

  BL755 cluster bombs (maximum load, seven)

  Intermediate pylon

  Port outrigger pylon

  Missile launch rail

  AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missile

  Port leading-edge root extension (LERX)

  Inboard pylon

  Hydraulic pumps

  APU intake

  Gas turbine starter/auxiliary power unit (APU)

  Alternator cooling air exhaust

  APU exhaust

  Engine fuel control unit

  Engine bay venting ram air intake

  Rotary nozzle bearing

  Nozzle fairing construction

  Ammunition tank, 100 rounds

  Cartridge case collector box

  Ammunition feed chute

  Fuel vent

  Zero scarf forward (fan air) nozzle

  Fuselage centreline pylon

  BL755 cluster bomb

  Ventral gun pack (two)

  Aden 25 mm cannon

  Engine drain mast

  Hydraulic system ground connections

  Forward fuselage fuel tank

  Engine electronic control units

  Engine accessory equipment gearbox

  Gearbox-driven alternator

  Rolls-Royce Pegasus II Mk 105 vectored thrust turbofan

  Formation-keeping luminous strips

  Engine oil tank

  Bleed air spill duct

  Air conditioning intake scoops

  Cockpit air conditioning system heat exchanger

  Engine compressor/fan face

  Heat exchanger discharge to intake duct

  Nose undercarriage hydraulic retraction jack

  Intake blow-in doors

  Engine bay venting air scoop

  Cannon muzzle fairing

  Lift augmentation retractable cross-dam

  Cross-dam hydraulic jack

  Nosewheel

  Nosewheel forks

  Landing/taxying lamp

  Retractable boarding step

  Nosewheel doors (closed after cycling of undercarriage)

  Nosewheel door jack

  Boundary layer bleed air duct

  Nose undercarriage wheelbay

  Kick-in boarding steps

  Cockpit rear pressure bulkhead

  Starboard side console panel

  Martin-Baker Mk 12 ejection seat

  Safety harness

  Ejection seat headrest

  Port engine air intake

  Probe hydraulic jack

  Retractable in-flight refuelling probe (bolt-on pack)

  Cockpit canopy cover

  Miniature detonating cord (MDC) canopy breaker

  Canopy arch frame

  Engine throttle and nozzle angle control levers

  Pilot’s head-up display

  Instrument panel

  Moving map display

  Control column

  Central warning system panel

  Cockpit pressure floor

  Underfloor control runs

  Formation lighting strips

  Aileron trim actuator

  Rudder pedals

  Cockpit section composite construction

  Instrument panel shroud

  One-piece wrap-around windscreen panel

  Ram air intake (cockpit fresh air)

  Front pressure bulkhead

  Incidence vane

  Air data computer

  Pitot head

  Lower IFF aerial
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  Nose pitch control air valve

  Pitch trim control actuator

  Video map generator, GEC-Marconi Avionics

  Upper IFF aerial

  Yaw vane

  GEC-Marconi Avionics FLIR

  FLIR processor

  EW transmitter

  FLIR aperturer

  ARBS equipment

  EW antennae, port and starboard

  Hughes Angle Rate Bombing Sight (ARBS)

  ARBS glazed aperture

  Acknowledgements

  My sincere thanks to all the officers, men and women of 800 Naval Air Squadron whose belief, loyalty and professionalism allowed us to succeed and whose collective experiences form the bedrock of the book. To Carol, who accepted with ultimate grace and patience the impact creating this book had on the precious little free time a modern military career affords. To Nate who throughout the writing of this book thought that the manuscript was simply paper to draw on; I hope when you’re old enough to understand and appreciate this book Afghanistan is closer to the peace it deserves. And finally to my dad, whose total pride and support along with my mother, throughout my career, helped make me who I am today. I wish you were here now to read it.

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  First published 2008

  Copyright © Adrian Orchard and James Barrington, 2008

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  ISBN: 978-0-141-88975-7

 

 

 


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