The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Arizona Museum has announced the anticipated arrival of an AV-8B Harrier jump jet, a major new addition to its collection. The aircraft is scheduled to arrive ...
The ceremony at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake signaled the end of flight development of the famous Marine “jump jet” ...
The Hawker Siddeley Kestrel was the aviation world’s first jump jet, a Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing (or V/STOL) aircraft, a milestone in aviation history. Originally known as the P.1127, it was ...
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 ...
The old Harrier is a temperamental beast, and sometimes it refuses to fly. Today, Oct. 9, 2010, the fuel pump craps out, and the wrench gang sits around glumly, waiting for the spare part to arrive.
A combat-tested AV-8B Harrier jump jet will fly itself to the Tillamook Air Museum in Oregon from California in early August. The Harrier, on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum, boasts an ...
ATWATER, Calif. (KFSN) -- A special delivery arrived at Castle Air Museum in Atwater on Monday. A Harrier fighter jet landed as crowds gathered to watch. The Marines are retiring the unique fleet, and ...
The Marines will rebrand a squadron as pilots switch to the F-35B Lightning II. The transition from the AV-8B Harrier to the F-35B is part of modernization. The change is part of service-wide plans to ...
Looking back at the envy with which the United States viewed Great Britain's Harrier Jump Jet, you'll find a humorous little anecdote from the early years of NATO. The Harrier was so incredible in its ...