Gloster Aircraft Company: acquired by Hawker Aircraft Company (1934), ref1; Gladiator, ref2; Javelin, ref3; Mars I, ref4; Meteor, ref5, ref6
Glover, Flight Lt. Jeff: ref1
Goebbels, Joseph: ref1, ref2
Gosslau, Fritz: role in development of V1, ref1
Green, J.R.: death of (1963), ref1
Griffith, Dr Alan: designer of TMR, ref1
Grumman Aircraft Corporation: Avenger, ref1; F-14 Tomcat, ref2, ref3
Gruner, Dov: ref1
Guatemala: ref1, ref2; Air Force, ref3; borders of, ref4
Guevara, Ernesto ‘Che’: speech to UN (1964), ref1
Gulf Oil of Pittsburgh: shares in Kuwaiti Oil Company, ref1
Gunston, Bill: ref1
Haig, Alexander: US Secretary of State, ref1
Hamadi, Dr Hamed Youssef: former Iraqi Minister of Culture, ref1
Hammond, Philip: Secretary of State for Defence, ref1
Hanrahan, Brian: death of, ref1; military career of, ref2
Harrier: ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32; accidents involving, ref33, ref34, ref35; Advanced Targeting Pod (SNIPER), ref36; armaments equipped with, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40, ref41, ref42, ref43, ref44; AV-8A (VA-1 Matador), ref45, ref46, ref47, ref48, ref49, ref50; AV-8B (VA-2 Matador), ref51, ref52, ref53, ref54, ref55, ref56, ref57, ref58, ref59, ref60, ref61, ref62, ref63, ref64, ref65; Blue Fox radar system, ref66, ref67; Blue Vixen radar system, ref68; Digital Joint Reconnaissance Pods, ref69, ref70; ejection system of, ref71; GR.1/GR.1A, ref72, ref73, ref74, ref75; GR.3, ref76, ref77, ref78, ref79, ref80, ref81, ref82, ref83, ref84, ref85; GR.5, ref86, ref87; GR.7/GR.7A, ref88, ref89, ref90, ref91, ref92, ref93, ref94; GR.9/GR.9A, ref95, ref96, ref97, ref98, ref99, ref100, ref101, ref102, ref103; Hawker P.1127, ref104, ref105, ref106, ref107, ref108, ref109, ref110, ref111, ref112, ref113, ref114, ref115, ref116, ref117, ref118, ref119, ref120, ref121, ref122, ref123, ref124, ref125, ref126; initial RAF orders for, ref127; Mk ref128, ref129, ref130, ref131, ref132, ref133, ref134, ref135, ref136, ref137, ref138, ref139, ref140; Pegasus engine, ref141, ref142, ref143, ref144, ref145, ref146, ref147, ref148, ref149, ref150, ref151, ref152, ref153, ref154, ref155, ref156, ref157, ref158; Royal Navy vessels carrying, ref159, ref160, ref161, ref162, ref163; Sea Harrier (FA.2/FRS.1/FRS.2), ref164, ref165, ref166, ref167, ref168, ref169, ref170, ref171, ref172, ref173, ref174, ref175, ref176, ref177, ref178, ref179, ref180, ref181, ref182, ref183; Stability Augmentation System, ref184; ZG506, ref185, ref186; XV738, ref187; XV741, ref188, ref189; XV788, ref190
Hartmann, Erich: ref1, ref2
Hawker, Harry: background of, ref1; co-founder of Hawker, ref2; death of (1921), ref3
Hawker Aircraft Ltd: ref1; companies acquired by, ref2, ref3; Hunter P.1067, ref4, ref5; Hurricane, ref6; merger with Armstrong Siddeley, ref7; P.1052, ref8; personnel of, ref9; Tempest, ref10; Typhoon, ref11
Hawker Siddeley: ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9; as part of BAe (1977), ref10, ref11; companies acquired by, ref12; closure of design office (1985), ref13; facilities of, ref14; Hawk, ref15, ref16; Hawker P.1154, ref17, ref18, ref19; HS.125, ref20; Hunter, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24; P.1121, ref25, ref26; Nimrod, ref27, ref28; Osprey, ref29; P.1127 (Kestrel FGA.1/XV-6A), ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38; P.1129, ref39; P.1150, ref40; P.1201, ref41; P.1212, ref42; P.1216, ref43; personnel of, ref44, ref45, ref46, ref47, ref48, ref49, ref50, ref51, ref52; Sea Furies, ref53; Sea Hawk, ref54; XP831, ref55, ref56, ref57
Healey, Denis: Minister of Defence, ref1
Heinkel Flugzeugwerke: as part of EWR, ref1; designs proposed by, ref2
Heinkel-Messershmitt-Bölkow: X-1, ref1; X-2, ref2
Heinrich, Rear Admiral Mark F.: Chief of US Navy Supply Corps, ref1
Hero of Alexandria: notes on steam turbines, ref1
Higginbottom, Major Clinton M.: ref1
Himmler, Heinrich: ref1
Hinduism: ref1
Hindustan Aeronautics: HF-24 Marut (Tempest), ref1
Hirth: ref1
Hitler, Adolf: ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
HMS Queen Elizabeth: construction of, ref1
Ho Chi Minh: ref1; background of, ref2; death of (1969), ref3
Hongdu: K-8, ref1
Hooker, Stanley: ref1, ref2
Hooper, Ralph: ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9; background of, ref10; lead designer of Harrier Hawker P.1127, ref11, ref12; role in development of Hawk trainer, ref13; visit to NATO MWDP (1958), ref14
Horner, Lt. Gen. Chuck: background of, ref1
Huckstep, Squadron Leader Chris: ref1; family of, ref2
Hunt, Rex: background of, ref1
Hussein, Saddam: ref1, ref2, ref3; background of, ref4; capture of (2003), ref5, ref6; regime of, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Ignacio de Madariaga, General Juan: ref1
Ilyushin: Il-28, ref1
India: ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; Air Force, ref6; Bangalore, ref7; Bombay, ref8; Mumbai, ref9; navy of, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
Indo-Pakistani War (1971): Harrier use in, ref1
Indonesia: ref1; Air Force, ref2; government of, ref3; Invasion of East Timor (1975–6), ref4
Iran: Islamic Revolution (1979), ref1, ref2; Teheran, ref3
Iraq: ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; 14 July Revolution (1958), ref6; Baghdad, ref7, ref8; Fallujah, ref9; government of, ref10; Kurdish population of, ref11, ref12, ref13; military of, ref14, ref15; oil reserves of, ref16; Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003–11), ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25; Operation Telic (2003), ref26; Tikrit, ref27
Islam: Shi’a, ref1, ref2, ref3; Sufism, ref4; Sunni, ref5
Ismay, Lord Hastings: Secretary-General of NATO, ref1
Israel: ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; Jerusalem, ref6; Tel Aviv, ref7
Israeli Air Force (IAF): aircraft used by, ref1
Italy: ref1, ref2, ref3; Gioia del Colle airbase, ref4; Naples, ref5; navy of (Marina Militare), ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11; Rome, ref12; Sardinia, ref13
Iveson, Bob: ref1; family of, ref2
Iveson, Group Captain Douglas: family of, ref1
James, Jimmy: ref1
Japan: ref1, ref2, ref3
Jendrassik, György: ref1
Johnson, Dr Samuel: ‘Thoughts on the late Transactions Respecting Falkland’s Islands’, ref1
Johnson, Johnnie: ref1
Joint Advanced Harrier Programme: cancellation of (1975), ref1
Joint Force Harrier (JFH): ref1, ref2; formation of (2000), ref3, ref4; use in Afghanistan, ref5
Joint Strike Fighter (JSF): origins of, ref1
Jordan: ref1
Jović, Mirko: co-founder of White Eagles, ref1
Judaism: ref1
Kabbah, Ahmad: ref1
Karadžić, Radovan: ref1, ref2; trial of, ref3
Karim, General Qasim Abdul: ref1
von Karman, Dr Theodore: Chairman of NATO Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development, ref1
Kemp, Colonel Richard: Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan, ref1
Kennedy, John F.: ref1; foreign policy of, ref2
Kestrel, see P.1127 (Kestrel FGA.1/XV-6A)
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah: ref1
Khrushchev, Nikita: ref1; foreign policy of, ref2
King Jr, Martin Luther: ref1
Kistruck, Lt. David: ref1
Klockner, Erich: ref1
Korean War (1950–3): ref1; belligerents of, ref2, ref3
Kosovo: ethnic Albanian population of, ref1; Pristina, ref2
Kosovo War: casualty figures of, ref1; Harrier use in, ref2, ref3, ref4; Operation Allied Force (1999), ref5
Kronlid, Lotta: role in Warton incident (1996), ref1
Kubrick, Stanley: Dr Strangelove (1964), ref1
Kurdistan: ref1
Kuwait: ref1,
ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; Ahmed Al Jaber Airbase, ref6; Iraqi Invasion of (1990), ref7; oil reserves of, ref8, ref9
Kuwaiti Oil Company: shareholders in, ref1
Kyd, Captain Jerry: vessels commanded by, ref1
Labour Party: ref1, ref2, ref3; New Labour, ref4, ref5, ref6
bin Laden, Osama: ref1
Leakey, Commodore Mark: ref1; background of, ref2; Director of Armed Forces Christian Union, ref3
Lebanon: Air Force, ref1; Israeli invasion of (1982–5), ref2
LeBrocq, Richard: ref1
Leonardo da Vinci: ref1
Lerche: ref1; design of, ref2
Levy, Larry: ref1
Lewis, Gordon: ref1, ref2; development of Bristol Orpheus, ref3
Leyal Ship Recycling: vessels acquired for recycling by, ref1
Liberal Democrats: ref1
Libya: ref1; Civil War (2011), ref2; National Transitional Council, ref3; Operation Odyssey Dawn (2011), ref4; Tripoli, ref5
Lockheed Martin: ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; B024 Liberator, ref5; C-141 Starlifter, ref6; C-5 Galaxy, ref7; facilities of, ref8; F-104 Starfighter, ref9, ref10, ref11; F-16 Fighting Falcon, ref12; F-35 Lightning (F-35A/F-35B/F-35C), ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25; partnership with Yakovlev Design Bureau, ref26; personnel of, ref27, ref28, ref29; T-33 Shooting Stars, ref30; XV-4 Hummingbird, ref31
Lockheed XFV: design of, ref1; shortcomings of, ref2; test flight of (1953), ref3
Lonrho: ref1
Louis XVI of France, King: ref1
Lovell, Peter: ref1
Luff, Peter: background of, ref1
Luftschiff Zeppelin 1: maiden flight of (1900), ref1
Lusser, Robert: background of, ref1; role in development of V1, ref2
Luxembourg: ref1
LZ 129 Hindenburg: destruction of (1937), ref1
MacDonald, Ian: Deputy Head of Press Relations for MoD, ref1
Macmillan, Harold: ref1; administration of, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Mahabharata: depictions of vimana in, ref1
Malaysia: ref1
Manning, William: ref1
Marks, Lt. Abi: ref1, ref2
Martin, James: ref1
Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd: ref1, ref2; personnel of, ref3
Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority (MBTA): ref1
McCutcheon, Maj. Gen. Keith Barr: ref1; background of, ref2
McDonnell Douglas: AV-8B Harrier, ref1, ref2; AV-16, ref3; facilities of, ref4; F-15 Eagle, ref5; F-4 Phantom (F-4J), ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13; F/A-18 Hornet, ref14, ref15, ref16; personnel of, ref17; Skyhawk (A-4B/A-4C), ref18, ref19, ref20; T-45 Goshawk, ref21
Mehta, Dr Richard: background of, ref1
Mendia, Vice Admiral Luis Maria: role in organisation of Argentinian death flights, ref1, ref2
Mengele, Joseph: ref1
Merewether, Hugh: background of, ref1; Test Pilot for Hawker Siddeley, ref2
Messerschmitt AG: as part of EWR, ref1
Messerschmitt Bf 109: ref1; maiden flight of, ref2; pilots of, ref3
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB): ref1; trains manufactured by, ref2
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet: ref1
Messerschmitt Me 262: ref1
Mestivier, Commander: death of, ref1
Mexico: borders of, ref1
Middleton, Captain Linley: Captain of HMS Hermes, ref1
Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB: MiG-15, ref1; MiG-19, ref2; MiG-21, ref3, ref4; MiG 29-K, ref5
Milch, Field Marshal Ernst: Air Inspector General, ref1
Miller, Lt. Gen. Tom: ref1, ref2
Milošević, Slobodan: ref1, ref2; death of (2006), ref3
Mitchell, R.J.: ref1
Mitterand, François: ref1
Mladić, Ratko: military forces led by, ref1; trial of, ref2
Mohammed, Prophet: ref1
Monaco: ref1
Montgolfier Brothers: ref1
Mortimer, Flight Lt. Ian: ref1
Mugabe, Robert: regime of, ref1
Mujahideen: US support for, ref1
Nalls, Lt. Col. Art: ref1, ref2; background of, ref3
Napoleonic Wars (1803–15): Battle of Waterloo (1815), ref1, ref2
National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA): ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; Langley Research Center, ref6; personnel of, ref7, ref8
National Patriotic Front of Liberia: members of, ref1
nationalism: ref1; Hindu, ref2
Needham, Andrea: role in Warton incident (1996), ref1
Netherlands: ref1; borders of, ref2; Hague, The, ref3; Holland, ref4, ref5; military of, ref6
Nicholson, Charles: ref1
Nieuport: 28 (N.28C-1), ref1
Noble, 1st Lt. David S.: ref1
Norman, Major Mike: military forces led by, ref1
North, Lord Frederick: foreign policy of, ref1
North America Aviation: F-51D Mustang, ref1, ref2; F-86 Sabre, ref3, ref4; F-100 Super Sabre, ref5; P-51D Mustang, ref6; T-2 Buckeye, ref7
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13; Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development, ref14; formation of (1949), ref15; International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), ref16; Mutual Weapons Development Programme (MWDP), ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20; personnel of, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24
North Korea: ref1
Northern Ireland: Belfast, ref1; Cultra, ref2
Northrop: F-5E Tiger II, ref1
Northrop Grumman: ref1; B-2 Spirit, ref2; X-47B, ref3
Norway: ref1; Bardufloss, ref2; Finnmark, ref3; Royal Norwegian Air Force, ref4
Nott, John: resignation of, ref1; Secretary of State for Defence, ref2
O’Bryan, Steve: Vice-President of F-35 Business Development at Lockheed Martin, ref1
OKB Yakovlev: Yak-36M, ref1; Y-38, ref2
Oman: Masirah, ref1
Onslow, Captain James: ref1
Operation Vantage (1961): ref1
Ottoman Empire: ref1
P.1127 (Kestrel FGA.1/XV-6A), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9;
Page, Susan: family of, ref1
Paget, Henry (Lord Uxbridge): ref1, ref2
Pakistan: ref1; borders of, ref2; coast of, ref3
Paul, Glencairn Balfour: British Ambassador to Iraq, ref1
Pahlavi, Shah Mohammed Reza: ref1; removed from power (1979), ref2
Panavia Aircraft GmbH: Panavia Tornado, ref1, ref2, ref3
Paramara: ref1
Paris Air Show (1957): ref1, ref2
Paris Air Show (1963): aircraft demonstrated at, ref1
Park, Air Vice Marshal Keith: Commander of No. 11 Group RAF, ref1
Penfold, Flight Lt. ‘Bertie’: ref1
Perón, General Juan: removed from power (1955), ref1; support for fascism, ref2
Perona, Lt. Carlos: ref1
Persia: ref1
Persian Gulf War (1990–1): ref1; belligerents of, ref2, ref3; Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait (1990), ref4; Operation Desert Storm, ref5, ref6, ref7; use of Harriers during, ref8, ref9
Peru: Lima, ref1
Philippines: Catholic population of, ref1
Pinochet, Augusto: ref1; regime of, ref2
Plummer, Charles A.: Chief Test Pilot for McDonnell Douglas, ref1
Poland: military of, ref1
Pook, Jerry: ref1, ref2
Porta, Livio Dante: family of, ref1
Portugal: Air Force, ref1; coast of, ref2
Pot, Pol: regime of, ref1
Pratt & Whitney: ref1; 135 turbofan engine, ref2; JTF10 turbofan engine, ref3
Pugin, Augustus Welby P.: ref1
QinetiQ: defence contracts awarded to, ref1
Rall, Lt. Gen. Günther: ref1; background of, ref2; role in development of F-104 project, ref3
Rally Brothers: ref1
RAF Boscombe Down: ref1, ref2; Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE), ref3, ref4
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AF Woodbridge: Blind Landing Experimental Unit (BLEU), ref1
R.B. 108 engine: development of, ref1
Reagan, Ronald: administration of, ref1; economic policies of, ref2; foreign policy of, ref3
Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) pilots: formation of, ref1
Republic Aviation: Fokker-Republic D.24 Alliance, ref1; XF-12 Rainbow, ref2
Revolutionary United Front (RUF): atrocities committed by, ref1; members of, ref2
Rhodesia: ref1
Richards, General Sir David: ref1; Chief of the Defence Staff, ref2, ref3
Richardson, Lt. Nick: ref1
Rickards, Squadron Leader Em: ref1
Rigg, Hugh: test pilot experience of, ref1
Ripley, Major Michael J.: death of (1971), ref1; family of, ref2
Rochfort, Flight Lt. John: ref1
Rockefeller, Winthrop: ref1
Rockwell International: XFV-12, ref1
Rolls, Charles: partnership with Henry Royce, ref1
Rolls-Royce: ref1, ref2, ref3; aircraft engines produced by, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14; personnel of, ref15, ref16; Thrust Measuring Rig (TMR), ref17
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: administration of, ref1; presence at Yalta Conference (1945), ref2
Rosburg, Major Chuck: background of, ref1; death of (1969), ref2
Royal Air Force (RAF): ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15; 605 City of Warwick Squadron, ref16; 615 County of Surrey Squadron, ref17; Harrier squadrons of, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29; Hunter F.6, ref30; personnel of, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40, ref41; Red Arrows, ref42, ref43; Strike Command, ref44, ref45, ref46; Structural Research Department, ref47; training aircraft used by, ref48; Transonic Wind Tunnel Department, ref49; use of drone aircraft by, ref50; Volunteer Reserve, ref51
Royal College of Defence Studies: ref1
Royal Flying Corps: ref1
Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS): aircraft used by, ref1
Royal Navy: ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11; Fleet Air Arm, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18; HMS Alacrity, ref19, ref20; HMS Ardent, ref21; HMS Ark Royal, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27; HMS Arrow, ref28, ref29; HMS Beagle, ref30; HMS Brilliant, ref31; HMS Cardiff, ref32; HMS Campania, ref33; HMS Clio, ref34; HMS Conqueror, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38; HMS Courageous, ref39; HMS Coventry, ref40; HMS Elephant, ref41; HMS Endurance, ref42; HMS Fearless, ref43; HMS Glamorgan, ref44, ref45; HMS Glasgow, ref46; HMS Hercules (INS Vikrant), ref47; HMS Hermes (INS Viraat), ref48, ref49, ref50, ref51, ref52, ref53, ref54, ref55, ref56, ref57, ref58; HMS Illustrious, ref59; HMS Intrepid, ref60; HMS Invincible, ref61, ref62, ref63, ref64, ref65, ref66, ref67, ref68, ref69, ref70, ref71; HMS Plymouth, ref72; HMS Prince of Wales, ref73; HMS Queen Elizabeth II, ref74; HMS Sheffield, ref75; HMS Splendid, ref76; HMS Tyne, ref77; HMS Venerable, ref78; HMS Victorious (HMS Centaur), ref79; RFA Sir Bedivere, ref80; RFA Sir Galahad, ref81; RFA Sir Lancelot, ref82; RFA Sir Tristram, ref83; RFA Stromness, ref84
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