CC41 Harrier & Jaguar RAF FDC Cover signiert Sir Rex Hunt Falkland Governor

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  80th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force FDC - Offensive Support - Jaguar and Harrier signed by Sir Rex Hunt CMG

JS(CC)41f RAF 1998 Cover to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force. Cover bears British Virgin Islands 35c & 50c 80th Anniversary of the RAF stamps and are cancelled on the First Day of Issue.

Cover has been signed by Sir Rex Hunt who served with the RAF 1944-1948 and is an Honorary Air Commodore as well as being Governor of the Falkland Islands during the 1982 conflict.

Official special, numbered and certified on reverse.

Sir Rex Hunt CMG

Served with RAF ~ 1944-48; Flight Lieutenant RAFO. Entered Her Majesty’s  Overseas Civil Service ~ 1951; District Commissioner, Uganda ~ 1962; CRO ~ 1963-64; 1st Secretary, Kuching ~ 1964-65; Jesselton ~ 1965-67; Brunei ~ 1967; 1st Secretary, Ankara ~ 1968-70; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Jakarta ~ 1970-72; Assistant Middle East Department, Foreign & Commonwealth Office ~ 1972-74; Counsellor: Saigon ~ 1974-75; Kuala Lumpur ~ 1976-77; Deputy High Commissioner, Kuala Lumpur ~ 1977-79.   Civil Commissioner, Falkland Islands ~ 1982-85, and High Commissioner, British Antarctic Territory ~ 1980-85 (Governor and Commander ­in ­Chief Falkland Islands ~ 1980-82; Governor 1985).  St Peter’s College, Oxford (BA); CMG ~ 1980; Kt ~ 1982; Honorary Air Commodore, City of Lincoln Squadron, RAuxAF ~ 1987-.

BAe Harrier

The British Aerospace Harrier is used by the RAF in the close air support role. In this, aircraft are usually employed in direct support of ground troops tackling such targets as enemy troop positions, tanks and artillery. The Harrier uses a variety of weapons such as laser and GPS-guided bombs against buildings (Paveway), infra-red missiles against tanks (Maverick), cluster munitions and general-purpose bombs. When required, the Harrier can also be fitted with a pod fitted with cameras to provide reconnaissance of the target and battle areas.

The first Harriers entered RAF service in 1969, making the RAF the first in the world to use its revolutionary vertical take-off and landing abilities which allow the aircraft to fly in and out of areas close to the battlefield that would normally be off-limits to conventional aircraft such as the Tornado. The current versions of the Harrier are the pilot-only GR7 (which is being upgraded with more powerful engines and electronic systems to become the GR9) and the two-seat T10 which, when not used as a training aircraft, can also be used in combat.

Since 2000, the RAF's Harrier and the Royal Navy Sea Harriers have been under the organisational control of Joint Force Harrier. This has seen the RAF's aircraft deploy alongside the Sea Harriers on board aircraft carriers of the Navy on many routine training deployments as well as operations.

Jaguar

Produced to meet a joint Anglo-French requirement in 1965 for a dual-role advanced/operational trainer and tactical support aircraft, the Jaguar has been transformed into a potent fighter-bomber. Deliveries began in 1973, and at its peak the Jaguar equipped 8 front-line RAF squadrons in the UK and Germany.

The RAF's Jaguar fleet underwent a major upgrade programme and was designated as the Jaguar GR3 (or T4 for the 2-seat version). The upgrade included improved avionics including Global Positioning System (GPS) and Terrain-Referenced Navigation (TRN) , Night Vision Goggles (NVG) compatible lighting (both internally and externally), helmet-mounted sight and ASRAAM capability, and new Head-Up and Head-Down Displays in the cockpit.

The Jaguar is capable of using 1,000lb general purpose bombs, Paveway laser- and GPS-guided bombs, rocket pods and its Aden cannon. For self-defence a pair of Sidewinder or ASRAAM air-to-air missiles air-to-air missiles can be mounted on the over-wing hardpoints. It can be fitted with an external fuel tank on the centreline pylon, or 2 tanks under the wings. In the reconnaissance role the Jaguar is fited with an externally mounted pod, equipped with conventional 'wet film' and sensors. It can also carry the Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designator (TIALD) pod for self-designation or co-operative designation of precision-guided weapons.

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