Aircraft Photo of MM55032 | McDonnell Douglas TAV-8B Harrier II | Italy - Navy | AirHistory.net #880209
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:MM55032
Military Code:1-01
Other Marks:01
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Siddeley Harrier
Aircraft Generic Type:McDonnell Douglas V-8 Harrier
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas TAV-8B Harrier II
C/n (msn):T019
Operator Titles:Italy - Navy
Unit Markings:Gruppo Aerei Imbarcati
Location
City / Airport:AlbaceteMap
Country:Spain
Airport Codes:ICAO: LEAB   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Tactical leadership Programme (TLP) 3-2025
 
Photo Date:24 September 2025
Photo by:Stephan de Bruijn
Photo ID: 880209
Photo Comment

Built by McDonnell Douglas as a Block 17 dual seater with FMS BuNo 164136. The was delivered 7 Jun'91. The official delivery ceremony was held on 23 Aug'91, when the MM55032 (and MM55033) landed on the flightdeck of the carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi, anchored off Norfolk (VA). Flow by 1°Gruppo Aerei Imbarcati (created in Feb'91 at MCAS Cherry Point (NC), where the first pilots and technicans of the Italian Marina completed their training prior the delivery of theirs first Harriers. Great to see the family model in the evening of its service life during a visit to the TLP.

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