The AV-8B Harrier, known informally as the Harrier jump jet, is the latest iteration in a series of VSTOL aircraft that was first developed in the 1960s. Originally manufactured by the UK’s Hawker ...

By the time the U.S. deployed its Air Force against the North Vietnamese, several of its fighter aircraft, like the F-4 ...

Join us as we dive into the fascinating history of the Harrier Jump Jet—a revolutionary VTOL aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing, reshaping aerial combat in ways the world had never seen ...

22,000 pounds of thrust enable the Harrier II to hover like a helicopter, and then blast forward like a jet at near-supersonic speeds. Like every aircraft in the Marine fleet, this aircraft is ...

Aircraft: 12 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters; 4 CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters; 6 AV-8B Harrier attack aircraft; 3 UH-1N Huey helicopters; 4 AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters Landing/Attack Craft ...

Watson was paired with a more senior pilot in another Harrier and ordered to find a French aircraft carrier. Simulating combat conditions, the two departed under radio silence and with radar off.