Harrier jump jet became the first VSTOL fighter jet that the Royal Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps used for decades, paving the way for the F-35B.

Seeing a Harrier jet hover is impressive enough – but watching it hold steady just above the treetops took it to another level. I stood in awe as the aircraft balanced on a column of roaring jet ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Marine Attack Squadron 231 fly AV-8B Harrier IIs in formation during the squadron’s final flight ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, on May 29. (Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo ...

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 ...