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 ...

Joint Direct Attack Munitions Speed: 550 kts Range: 900 nm The AV-8B Harrier II is the U.S. military’s only short takeoff, vertical landing jet aircraft in current inventory. Originally flown in ...

Now a test pilot with Britain's main weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, he has become the first pilot ever to take off and land vertically in a jump jet equipped with the aircraft's unique lift ...