This story has been corrected. The Marine Corps’ oldest flying squadron recently took another step toward the service’s retirement of a venerable vertical takeoff aircraft to make way for its ...
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,” ...
Ever since the F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) version of the Joint Strike Fighter first flew in the hands of BAE Systems’ test pilot Graham Tomlinson in June 2008 we have heard ...
The Marine Corps is drilling down on its plan to reclassify Marines tasked with keeping the AV-8B Harrier alive, a sign that the service is finally getting closer to retiring the decades-old jet as ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Tillamook Air Museum received a major addition to its permanent collection. A combat-tested AV-8B Harrier II flew in to Tillamook on Monday afternoon. "The arrival of a ...
An AV-8B Harrier is set to join the nearly three dozen aircraft on display at the museum. The Harrier will fly into Tillamook between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., according to the museum’s Facebook page.
What if the most prized plane in combat wasn’t the fastest aircraft in the air? For the U.S. Marine Corps, the AV-8B Harrier II demonstrated speed wasn’t ever the indicator of combat value. With a top ...