In message , Steve Hix
writes
In article ,
Kerryn Offord wrote:
Nope.. Only for take off and landing back home normally. Usually
operates as a straight forward plane (Flies forward at some speed)

There was always some level of noise about operating them with reduced
loadouts from forward areas. I don't know if any have actually done it,
though.

"Forward zone" means "far enough behind the FEBA that nobody's shooting
at you or dropping much nastiness on the base". The USMC moved AV-8Bs up
to highway strips during Desert Storm, from memory, with reasonable
success: put them a lot closer to the action, allowed them to carry more
ordnance and less fuel, and the logistic problems were manageable over a
couple of days. You certainly wouldn't be basing Harriers out of a
location exposed to direct enemy fire, though, and for the same reason
Harriers don't transition to or from the hover where anyone might shoot
at them. (Besides, on highway strips the preferred option is apparently
short rolling takeoffs and landings: more payload and less FOD)

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by fools.
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