A Harrier jet executed a low hover maneuver among the trees, demonstrating the aircraft’s unique vertical flight capability.

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

A fire truck spraying a rainbow-making flume of water marked one of the final steps toward retirement of a storied Marine Corps attack jet. The torrent above the AV-8B Harrier taxiing on the tarmac at ...

Capt. Joshua Corbett is one of the two final Marines to receive the 7509 military occupational specialty, AV-8B Harrier II jet pilot. (Staff Sgt. Daisha Ramirez/Marine Corps) The final two AV-8B ...

On Dec. 15, 2010, sixteen Harriers took off from RAF Cottesmore for a farewell formation flight marking the end to 41 years of British Harrier operations. Originally scheduled to remain in service ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has agreed a $180 million (116 million pounds) deal to sell 72 retired Harrier aircraft to the U.S. Marine Corps for use as spare parts, a British minister said on Thursday.

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The Harrier II was developed in the 1970s and introduced ...

A storied AV-8B Harrier — a fighter plane that can lift off vertically — is the most recent historical aircraft delivered to an old Marine Corps Airstation El Toro hangar at the Irvine Great Park that ...

LONDON (Reuters) - BAE Systems, Europe's biggest defence contractor, said on Thursday it planned to cut 1,300 jobs in Britain because of government defence cuts, mostly on Nimrod and Harrier aircraft ...

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — A Marine Corps fighter jet that defied physics in more ways than one called it a career and is now calling Mesa home. The AV-8B Plus Harrier II, also known as the “Jump Jet,” ...

An active RFID system is being tested by the U.K.’s Royal Air Force to see if the technology can help cut costs and streamline maintenance operations for Harrier jump jets. U.K.-based defense and ...