Handley Page - Sweat Shirt Colour:Black Initially the F-111 was considered

Initially the F-111 was considered but the option of ordering the Phantom was taken with alteration to engines

Operating out of improvised bases this sub-sonic aircraft was used in the close support and reconnaissance role

which was disbanded in 1994

From air power artist Peter Van Stigt this illustration shows the special operations Pave Hawk helicopter

eventually replaced by the Sentry

Handley Page - Sweat Shirt Colour:Black Initially the F-111 was consideredHandley Page Limited Handley Page was Britain's very first aircraft manufacturing company, formed in 1909 by Frederick Handley Page. In 1912 the factory moved from Barking to Cricklewood Aerodrome. During the First World War Handley Page produced heavy bombers for the Royal Navy to bomb the Zeppelin yards. Between the wars Handley Page turned to transport aircraft, becoming Imperial Airways. At the onset of the next war, bomber production restarted