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 ...

The United States Marine Corps will retire the last of its McDonnell Douglas AV-8B+ Harrier II fighters in just under two years, as Marine Attack Squadron 223 (VMA-223) continues to transition to the ...

As the U.S. Marine Corps proceeds with its plan to retire all AV-8B+ Harrier II jets by 2026, Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE), a Naval Aviation maintenance and repair depot under the Naval Air ...

For now, the AV-8B II Harrier remains in service with the Marine Corps, but the clock is ticking. The Harriers are short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft designed to be able to ...

Two elevators would bring Boeing AV-8B Harrier II jump-jets up from a new hangar to the flight deck. It was envisioned that such a conversion could support up to twelve Harriers.” Ultimately ...

The investigation described the pilot as a “highly experienced” aviator with more than 2,800 flight hours in the Marines, primarily on the AV-8B Harrier jet. But the pilot had limited ...

The successful completion of the initial flight testing is a further step towards deploying the LITENING pod to the fleet. The LITENING targeting pod has ...