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The Harrier II Plus (AV-8B), manufactured by BAE SYSTEMS and Boeing, is a VSTOL fighter and attack aircraft operational with the US Marine Corps (USMC), the Spanish Navy and the Italian Navy. AV-8B Harrier II Wallpaper 2 Plus extends the capabilities of the Harrier with the introduction of a multi-mode radar and beyond-visual-range missile capability. The USMC received the first AV-8B in 1993. It has 215 aircraft. The Italian Navy has 18 and the Spanish Navy 17. The UK Royal Air Force has 60 Harrier GR.7 aircraft which were upgraded to GR.9. The Harrier GR9 entered service in September 2006, with delivery of the first 24 aircraft. First operational deployment of the GR9 was in January 2007 at Kandahar, Afghanistan, as part of the NATO International Security Force (ISAF). Since 1969, 824 Harrier variants have been delivered. Manufacture of new Harriers concluded in 1997. The last aircraft remanufactured to the Harrier II Plus configuration was delivered in December 2003, marking the end of the Harrier production line. AV-8B Harrier II Wallpaper 2 has been deployed in Operation Desert Storm, Somalia, Bosnia and Operation Iraqi Freedom. In June 2007, the US Department of Defense awarded a $258.5m performance-based logistics contract to Boeing Company for the AV-8B Harriers operated by USMC, Italy and Spain under the Harrier Integrated Supply Support (HISS) programme. The contract will last for five years with an option to extend for five more years. Services offered under the programme include asset repair management, devolution management, reliability and maintainability enhancements, warehousing, technology insertion, transportation and other advanced supply support solutions. Harrier II Plus cockpit. The cockpit is fully integrated for day and night operability and is equipped with head-up and head-down displays, a digital moving map, an inertial navigation system (INS) and a hands-on throttle and stick system (HOTAS). Weapons. The Harrier II Plus is capable of deploying a wide range of weapon systems, including the air-to-air AMRAAM and Sparrow missiles, air-to-surface AGM-65 Maverick missiles, anti-ship Harpoon and Sea Eagle missiles, a 25mm cannon, and a range of bombs and rockets. The AIM-120A Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) from Raytheon Missile Systems is an all-weather, fire-and-forget, air-to-air missile, equipped with an active radar seeker and a high-explosive warhead. The range is over 50 miles, and the speed of the missile is 1.2km a second. AV-8B Harrier II Wallpaper 2

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