Spain: Harrier jump jet on the Black Sea
With its carrier group in the eastern Mediterranean, the Armada has shown what the actually quite old Harrier vertical take-off aircraft are still capable of in their land attack support role: From the "Juan Carlos I", the core of the Dedalo carrier group consisting of the frigates "Blas de Lezo" and "Victoria" as well as the amphibious assault ship "Castilla" and a further two units, three of the embarked Hawker Siddeley Harriers took off to deliver live 500kg MK-82 bombs to the targets at the Getica land combat training area near Cincu in the middle of Romania, 1,000 kilometres away. Of course, this was only possible by refuelling an A400-M of the Spanish Air Force, which was already part of the Spanish NATO air contingent...
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