Originally Posted by
WhiteOvies
RoyalistFlyer,
Please let it go, we are not going to spend any money on buying Harriers. There is absolutely no interest or requirement to do so. Rotary wing flying trials on QE will take place in 2017 with fixed wing trials in 2018. The deck crews are working up on USN CVNs and LHDs today and for the last few years; the engineers are already in the US working on the F-35 (the first UK engineers to get their hands on F-35 have been in the US since 2007); RN and RAF engineers and aircrew have been intimately involved with all of the F-35 sea trials that have taken place so far (even the F-35C ones).
There is a plan, it's working well and it doesn't involve Harriers, apart from the ones at the Royal Navy School of Flight Deck Operations taxiing around.
You and your facts - stop it.