Editing AV-8 Harrier (section)

==Harrier Attack Flight (USA)== 
[[File:Harrier Stats.jpg|300px|left|thumb|American Stats]]
In Team Yankee, [[Blood Ravens|the Marines have nicked some British Harriers and glued on some American roundels.]]

Armed with an electrically-powered 30mm Aden 5-chamber revolver cannon and anti-armor CBU-100 cluster bombs (Rockeyes), the Harrier can deal with both air and ground targets. It has less firepower than the A-10 but can also take on Hinds or other helicopters (other pilots have made gentlemen's agreements to take turns taking the local airspace). The reason for the Rockeye, an anti-armor cluster munition(!), being a piddly 5+ FP is anyone's guess.

While DRASTICALLY cheaper than the British Harrier at 1.5 points per plane, it pays for the discount dearly. Dropping its firepower from a 3+ to a 5+ severely weakens its ability to destroy armor, merely forcing mass bails. However, this does not mean it is useless. With a 3+ call-in, it is the only anti-infantry salvo template available to the US after the Cobra's rocket pods. Furthermore, AT7 against top armor makes this a potential combo piece; bailing a mass of vehicles before you assault them with your <s>cowardly Capitalist pigdogs</s> brave American warriors, forcing autokills. 

The US Harrier flights can be found in the American and Iraqi army lists, strangely enough.

Your pilots also boast a 3+ courage, which translates to the last pilot being less likely to run away. 

Fun fact: <s>The real AV-8 used by the Marines was equipped with a GAU-12 Equalizer, essentially a smaller and more manageable version to the [[A-10 Warthog|A-10's]] legendary GAU-8: Harriers with Aden guns were used primarily by dainty officers with teacups and biscuits.</s> The version with the GAU-12 is the AV-8B Harrier II, the model used by Team Yankee is clearly the original Hawker-Siddeley Harrier, which was extensively used as the AV-A/C by the Marine Corps. All of these used the 30mm ADENs. Originally a collaborative effort between the US and UK, the British threw a hissyfit in 1975 over costs and withdrew from the project. However, the Marine Corps liked the Harrier so much they funded their own development, which led to the AV-8B Harrier II (the British begged to rejoin later on, and in 1981 rejoined, albeit downgraded as a subcontractor rather than as a full partner). The Harrier II was completely redesigned from the ground up, even though it's visually similar, and it swapped the 30mm ADENs for the aforementioned 25mm GAU-12. These were introduced into service in 1985, so could be represented in Team Yankee at some point, especially given that Revell already makes a 1/144 Harrier II kit. Aside from being a direct upgrade in flight performance in every parameter, it had larger wings which gave it two extra weapon pylons, so it would have increased ground attack compared to the current Harriers, as well as having higher penetration and ROF on its gun. The AV-8C was retired in 1987, so it's inclusion in Team Yankee is fine given the game's 1985 start date.