Magic Carpet challenges 801 at sea
In Defensive Counter Air missions, the Sea Harriers were using their excellent Blue Vixen Radar and AMRAAM missiles to defend the Ground Attack GR7s and Invincible from incoming simulated land-based Air attacks. In Offensive Counter Air Missions, the Sea Harriers would fly in Escort with the GR7s as they attacked their Ground bombing targets, again using their Radar and Missiles to detect and simulate destroying any land-based defending aircraft.
So why do these sort of missions cease to be important next year?