Rank 55 in the Aviation Heroes collection, this print treats the Harrier GR9 as the RAF's last dedicated V/STOL strike platform — not as a generic grey jet on white. One Squadron at RAF Cottesmore flew the GR9 through the final decade of British jump-jet operations, delivering precision attack, close air support, and reconnaissance from austere strips and amphibious decks alike. The GR9 upgrade brought improved Rolls-Royce Pegasus thrust, modern targeting pods, and Paveway IV precision munitions to an airframe lineage that began when 1 Squadron first operationalised the Harrier in 1969. Here the GR9 sits in clean technical profile: stores on the wings, RAF roundels on the fuselage, and that unmistakable vectored-thrust silhouette collectors spot before they read the tail code.