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Made most famous by True Lies (Ah-nold’s best movie).
The drifting in the parking lot while whacking pllice cars was a scene for the ages!
You have to wonder about the Osprey vs. the Harrier in real combat conditions.
Back in late 1970, when I was on the USS Fresno (LST1182), we were enroute to Vietnam for my second deployment. We stopped in Okinawa, and practiced landing Harriers on our postage stamp flight deck, so that when we were in ‘Nam, any Harrier that couldn’t make it back to its primary landing field would have an alternative landing site. Although we didn’t land any Harriers during that or my subsequent deployment in ‘71, we did land some pretty shot up Apaches and Cobras.
Too bad the U.S, Navy didn’t buy the Sea Dart.
A jet fighter that took off and landed on the water.