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 ...
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 ...
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,” ...
The design of the Harrier jump jet has allowed the Marine Corps to project air power in ways that would not have been possible with conventional aircraft. The McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II is a ...
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 ...
New video clips show three military aircraft, including a J-35 stealth fighter, taking off via electromagnetic catapult from ...
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 ...