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Trump’s War on Mexico’s Drug Cartels May Be the Harrier Jump Jet’s Final Mission
Until the Harrier is fully retired by the 2030s, the Trump administration is smart to task these aging but still deadly birds to possibly conduct counter-narcotic operations in Mexico.
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The Harrier Jump Jet: How Cold War Anxiety Inspired a Vertical Takeoff
The Cold War created some of the most innovative military technology ever - including the Harrier Jump Jet. This fighter could take off vertically, hover in midair, and land almost anywhere.
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jump jet
We’ve got a twofer for awesome remote-controlled hovering stuff. The first is a 1:8 scale Harrier. This plane designed and built by [Joel Vlashof] will be a reasonably accurate model of a ...
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‘I want us to be known as the STEM place’: Moffett Field Museum is on a mission to modernize
A Harrier Jump Jet cockpit on display in the Moffett Field Historical Society and Museum in Mountain View on April 13, 2023. Photo by Magali Gauthier. Calling all photographers! The 2025 Six Fifty ...
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The 10 worst British military aircraft of all time
The Spitfire fighter and the Lancaster bomber ruled the skies throughout World War II. The Harrier Jump Jet served at sea honorably for decades. But the aircraft you don't hear about are usually ...
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AV-8B Harrier II
22,000 pounds of thrust enable the Harrier II to hover like a helicopter, and then blast forward like a jet at near-supersonic speeds. Like every aircraft in the Marine fleet, this aircraft is ...