Rico's visit to Davis-Monthan was enough, but War History Online has an article about a bunch of dead Harriers in the UK:
Our chums from Abandoned UK visited this amazing Harrier graveyard, located somewhere in the United Kingdom.
The Harrier, informally referred to as the Harrier Jump Jet, is a family of jet fighters capable of vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) operations. Originally developed by UK manufacturer Hawker Siddeley in the 1960s, the Harrier emerged as the only truly successful V/STOL design of the many attempted during that era, despite being a subsonic aircraft, unlike most of its competitors. It was conceived to operate from improvised bases such as car parks or forest clearings without requiring large and vulnerable air bases. Later, the design was adapted for use from aircraft carriers.
In 2010, it was announced that the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy would retire their remaining Harriers by 2011 and, in December of 2010. the RAF’s Harrier GR9s made their last operational flights.
It seems some of the Harriers were brought to this location to die.
This is what Abandoned UK wrote about their visit:
Thought I would finally give this place a try. After finding someone in a workshed to ask permission of and, after chatting for a while, I got the okay to explore the jets and take some pictures. I don’t think I photographed anything that could compromise the countries security. Sadly, the aircraft did not have much left in them… stripped of all their goodies…. still a very pleasant hour spent mooching about the jets. enjoy the video:
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