The Marine Corps is in the process of retiring the AV-8B Harrier, which is designed for short takeoffs and vertical landings.

Oregon aviation enthusiasts have a new historic aircraft to adore. The Tillamook Air Museum announced Wednesday that it will receive a historic, combat-tested fighter jet, an AV-8B Harrier II, which ...

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier crashed May 20 near Havelock, North Carolina, and the pilot ejected safely from the aircraft.

While on a May 6, 2016 low-altitude training mission off the coast of Wrightsville Beach, the pilot of a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier jet heard three distinct "thumps." Moments later, he learned his ...

On Jun. 7, 2014, U.S. Marine Corps Capt. William Mahoney, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM ... Rare video of Marines AV-8B Harrier no nose gear vertical landing on amphibious assault ship. Share.

All good things must come to an end—and it was last week that the final two United States Marine Corps pilots completed training on the AV-8B Harrier II, the vertical/short takeoff and landing ...

Despite having the highest accident rate of any U.S. Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft, the Marines will keep the AV-8B Harrier around longer than planned. The reason is simple: Marine F/A-18 ...

The US Marine Corps is switching to a new way of tracking the fatigue life of its Boeing AV-8B Harrier II fleet as it struggles to keep the venerable jump jet in service until 2030, the US Naval ...

With an AV-8B squadron each, the Spanish and Italians are expected to complete fielding OSCAR-equipped aircraft by June 2004. The U.S. airplanes will add the ability to carry the 1,000-pound Joint ...

An AV-8B Harrier takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge in January 2015. Cpl. J.R. Heins/Marine Corps ...

Here's an interesting photo of Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers aboard the USS Makin Island in the Pacific Ocean about to be armed with AIM-120 AMRAAMs. Yup, Harriers armed with the U.S.' premiere air ...

The USMC inducted the AV-8A Harrier into service in 1971 and military minds in the DoD were quickly trying to think of every way they could use the "Jump Jet's" new abilities. One of their ...