The AV-8B Harrier, known informally as the Harrier jump jet, is the latest iteration in a series of VSTOL aircraft that was ...

Powered by the innovative Pegasus engine, the Harrier became the first operational ... Though retired in most countries, its legacy still echoes in modern jets like the F-35.

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 ...

The U.S. military contracted them to act in contrasting yet overlapping roles on a modern battlefield ... attack aircraft, including the F-16, F-18, and A-10, as well as tthe Harrier "jump ...