BB wrote,
how many Harriers did we have left and what will happen to the airframes?
See numbers break down on following.
Carry On, Harrier: key.Aero, Military Aviation
'The contract has flexibility to allow for surge periods of high demand and an increase in capacity up to 20%, but normally will require 45 GR9s and 7 T12s to be available for operations from a pool of 66 and 9 respectively, which is a particular challenge regarding the two-seat T12 with only two reserves to play with. The recent loss of a Harrier T12 in Cyprus on February 9 is stretching two-seater availability. Group Captain Ebdon confirmed that a recent review had looked at purchasing US Marine TAV-8Bs, were they were considered too far from RAF standard to be viable.'
You can also check them out by serial running from ZD318 to ZH665 at the following.
UK Serials
Harrier Production
From
Harrier.org.uk homepage
TJ