The AV-8B Harrier, known informally as the Harrier jump jet, is the latest iteration in a series of VSTOL aircraft that was ...

Originally flown in the late 1960s, the Harrier has undergone a series of improvements that have increased safety, range and lethality. The AV-8B is a key component of the Marine Corps’ “all ...

two LHDs served as “Harrier carriers,” launching an air group of AV-8B attack aircraft against targets inside Iraq. In 2004, LHAs and LHDs were used to transport thousands of Marines and their ...

U.S. Marine Col. Charles "Tre" Del Pizzo gives his account of the ejection from an F-35B which continued to fly on its own in ...

Two carriers are in service ... The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is now retiring its Harrier II fleet, and at least some of those aircraft may still have flight hours left.

A storied AV-8B Harrier — a fighter plane that ... heads out on global security mission 10 new-age Marine Corps fighters join UK Carrier Strike Group aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth The aviation ...

The idea, which is reminiscent of the Harrier Carriers (Wasp-class ... landing variants developed for the Marine Corps. The first Lightning Carrier test was conducted aboard the USS America ...