British, Spanish, and Thai. Despite having reached the end of the road, though, the Harrier will always serve as a benchmark in military aviation, for having proved the possibilities of VSTOL flight.

the British aircraft was designed to take off and land both vertically and on a short runway. Well known for its role in the Falklands War, the Harrier went on to serve in many other conflicts ...

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 ...

Richardson explained it was not hard to find details about the type of plane, who was piloting it, and who was the pilot of the British Harrier that shot it down. “For many years I took care of ...