Commander Nigel David "Sharkey" MacCartan-Ward, DSC, AFC (born Nigel David Ward, 22 September 1943 – 17 May 2024) was a Royal Navy officer who introduced the Sea Harrier …

May 21, 2024 · All could be ascribed to arguably the Navy’s most famous aviator of the post-war era, Commander Nigel ‘Sharkey’ Ward who has died aged 80. His name is inseparable both …

May 21, 2024 · Commander “Sharkey” Ward, who has died aged 80, was an exceptional “top gun” pilot and outstanding leader of men, who turned the Sea Harrier into a war-winning machine.

May 20, 2024 · Ex-Navy fighter ace Cdr Nigel “Sharkey” Ward passed away at his home on the Caribbean island of Grenada “with his dog by his side”.

Jun 23, 2020 · Commander Nigel David ‘Sharkey’ Ward, DSC, AFC is a retired British Royal Navy officer who commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron during the Falklands War. We asked him his …

“Sharkey” Ward, the author of “Sea Harrier over the Falklands” (which has now been dubbed a Military Classic by its publisher, Pen and Sword), and “Her Majesty’s Top Gun and the Decline …

May 23, 2020 · It included a raised cockpit, a superb albeit physically tiny mono-pulse radar, the Blue Fox, a very reliable inertial standard navigation system (NAVHARS) and a very user …

On the morning of May 21, 1982, Lieutenant Commander “Sharkey” Ward was flying his Sea Harrier low over San Carlos Bay as British forces landed on the west coast of the Argentine …

Jun 20, 2024 · “Sharkey Ward was above and beyond the greatest naval aviator and leader of his generation, courageous, fearless, and the finest squadron commander. He was a superb …

May 29, 2020 · But when pitted against the mighty no-compromise F-15 Eagle, the most respected combat aircraft in the world, it delivered an expected shock. We spoke to …