900 nm The AV-8B Harrier II is the U.S. military’s only short takeoff, vertical landing jet aircraft in current inventory. Originally flown in the late 1960s, the Harrier has undergone a series ...

A Harrier jet today crashed at an airfield ... It was attempting a normal take-off, not the Harrier's trademark vertical take-off. The pilots, both men, were on a training mission but were ...

When the British unveiled the Harrier GR.1 in 1967 – a “jump jet” capable of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) – the Soviets scrambled to counter. Their answer was the Yakovlev Yak-38 ...

Summary and Key Points: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union sought to mimic the UK's successful Harrier jump jet by developing the Yakovlev Yak-38, a vertical/short-takeoff and landing (V/STOL ...

The Harrier jump jet, which was the first vertical take-off aircraft in the world, first came into British military service in 1969. Much of the work to develop it was carried out in the county ...

There is a recipe for getting the best out of Harrier Jet and it looks like all the ingredients are there for another good performance on Wednesday night. Paul O’Sullivan’s nine-year-old is a ...