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lothar
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Well 1, 6 & 54 weren’t fighter squadrons :p

Firebird,

I will concede that the Harrier has only a marginal claim to be a fighter. However the ‘F’ in Phantom FGR2 plus the fact that it carried 4 Sparrow missiles plus had an A-A mode in both its LCOSS sight and in its radar is pretty convincing! Just because 6 and 54 were in 38Gp as opposed to 11Gp did not detract from their air-air capability. The original poster asked for UK-based fighters but did not specify role.