alk lands ▁War , ▁operating ▁from ▁HMS ▁Herm es ▁and ▁flying ▁ground ▁attack ▁miss ions ▁against ▁Argent ine ▁forces . ▁It ▁replaced ▁its ▁first ▁generation ▁Har riers ▁with ▁Har rier ▁II s ▁from ▁ 2 3 ▁November ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁being ▁declared ▁fully ▁oper ational ▁on ▁the ▁Har rier ▁GR . 5 ▁on ▁ 2 ▁November ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁The ▁squad ron ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁an ▁episode ▁of ▁the ▁BBC ▁document ary ▁series ▁Def ence ▁of ▁the ▁Real m ▁before ▁and ▁during ▁its ▁participation ▁in ▁the ▁Bos n ian ▁War ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁NAT O ' s ▁Operation ▁Den y ▁Fl ight . ▁During ▁the ▁Kos ovo ▁war ▁the ▁Squadron ▁fle w ▁sort ies ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁NAT O ' s ▁Operation ▁Al lied ▁Force . ▁ ▁No . ▁ 1 ▁Squadron ▁left ▁the ▁" home ▁of ▁the ▁Har rier " ▁at ▁R AF ▁W itter ing ▁for ▁R AF ▁C ott es more ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁C ott es more ▁became ▁home ▁to ▁all ▁oper ational ▁R AF ▁Har rier ▁squad rons ▁– ▁No . ▁ 2 0 ▁( Res erve ) ▁Squadron , ▁later ▁ren umber ed ▁as ▁No . ▁ 4 ▁( R ) ▁Squadron , ▁the ▁Har rier ▁Oper ational ▁Con version ▁Unit ▁remained ▁at ▁W itter ing . ▁The ▁squad rons ▁both ▁fle w ▁miss ions ▁during ▁the ▁Ira q ▁War ▁and ▁were ▁awarded ▁the ▁" I ra q ▁ 2 0 0