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The UK Sold the US Marine Corps 72 Harrier Jump Jets for $180,000,000 So They Could Break Them Apart for Spare Parts
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The UK Sold the US Marine Corps 72 Harrier Jump Jets for $180,000,000 So They Could Break Them Apart for Spare Parts
Britain withdrew the Harrier in 2010 after 41 years in service and sold 72 airframes to the US Marine Corps as a spare-parts source. The Marines had flown the type since 1971 and retired their last aircraft in June 2026 — 55 years, fourteen more than Britain managed, and the final fifteen sustained partly by British airframes.
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