Castle Air Museum welcomes a retired AV-8B Harrier II from the U.S. Marine Corps, set to be unveiled July 24. See it up close ...

Despite various design refinements in the AV8-B, the updated Harrier is still regarded as difficult to fly. T he AV-8B Harrier, known informally as the Harrier jump jet, is the latest iteration in ...

This is also one of the reasons why the AV-8B Harrier II is one of the best jets Boeing has ever made, despite being born in the U.K. more than 30 years before Boeing took over production.

For nearly four decades, the AV-8B Harrier II was the only short takeoff, vertical landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft in the U.S. military's inventory. What that means is that this unique aircraft can ...

Harrier Nighttime Flight Deck Operations Top image shows an AV-8B Harrier preparing to land on the flightdeck of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) during night operations.

According to an 2002 LA Times report, the AV-8B Harrier suffered 11.44 accidents per 100,000 flight hours, compared to just 3 for the F/A-18 Hornet. Between 1971 and 2002, 45 Marine pilots were ...

As the Harrier continues its twilight tour – VMA-223, the Bulldogs, out of Cherry Point, NC, will be last to transition fully to the F-35 in 2026 – it’s demonstrating that an old jet can ...

Art Nalls, a former Marine test pilot, enlisted a gang of volunteer wrenchers to breath new life into a 31-year-old decommissioned Sea Harrier jump jet—and it gladly returned the favor.

How to fly a Harrier jump jet Close. One of Britain's greatest technical achievements, the Harrier jump jet, is being retired early, another high profile victim of the defence cuts.

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.