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The doctrine/task limits were capturing a reasonable average for the era, but it did a bad job for cases like the Harrier vs the Hornet, which perform similar missions but have drastically different max ranges. It also forced us into limiting CAS missions (even those flown by long range aircraft like the A-10) to 50nm since helicopters could commonly be fragged to them. This should allow us to design campaigns without needing airfields to be a max of ~50-100nm apart.
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carrier_capable: true
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description:
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'The AV-8B project was born in the early 1970''s as an effort to address
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the operational inadequacies of the AV-8A first generation Harrier, aimed to dramatically
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improve the capabilities and performance of the early AV-8A''s. The AV-8B made its
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maiden flight in November 1981 and entered service with the United States Marine
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Corps in January 1985. It later evolved into the AV-8B N/A (Night Attack) and AV-8B
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Harrier II Plus.
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First flight of a modified AV-8B in the night attack configuration was on June 26th,
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1987. Deliveries to the USMC began in September of 1989 to VMA-214 at Yuma, Arizona.
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Follow-up units based out of Yuma received their Night Attack AV-8Bs by the end
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of 1992.The AV-8B N/A variant (originally known as the AV-8D) had its first operational
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development in 1984 and included use of the NAVFLIR (Navigation Forward-Looking
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Infrared camera, consisting of a GEC-Marconi FLIR system mounted in the nose) for
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night operations. Additionally, GEC Cat''s Eyes night vision goggles were provided
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to the pilot as well as a revised cockpit with color MFDs, a wider field-of-view
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HUD display, a color CRT digital moving map, and a complete "heads-down" operation
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capability. The AV-8B N/A also sports four Tracor ALE-39 countermeasures dispensers
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along the top of the rear fuselage, in addition to two ALE-39 dispensers along the
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lower rear of the fuselage. The AV-8B N/A also fields an updated version of the
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Rolls-Royce Pegasus 11-61 (F402-RR-408) vectored-thrust turbofan engine.'
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introduced: 1989
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lha_capable: true
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manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas
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origin: USA/UK
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price: 15
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role: V/STOL Attack
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max_range: 100
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variants:
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AV-8B Harrier II Night Attack: {}
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radios:
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intra_flight: AN/ARC-210
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inter_flight: AN/ARC-210
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channels:
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type: common
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intra_flight_radio_index: 1
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inter_flight_radio_index: 2
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