In addition to re-ingesting hot exhaust, the Harrier’s hot exhaust could melt asphalt, distort steel, and kick up significant amounts of dust—complicating flight operations. And the engine’s large ...

In 2008, to select the first group of pilots to fly production F-35s, a board of senior officers reviewed the records of several dozen F/A-18 Hornet and AV-8B Harrier pilots. The criteria were ...

A veteran Royal Navy pilot of the Falklands conflict has made the first hovering test flight in a United States prototype of an advanced strike aircraft being developed to replace the Harrier jump ...

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 ...

Watson was paired with a more senior pilot in another Harrier and ordered to find a French aircraft carrier. Simulating combat conditions, the two departed under radio silence and with radar off.

General Barbero returned to him the personal flying documents of a Sea Harrier pilot, Lieutenant Nick Taylor, shot down and killed over the Falklands. New RAF Chief Sir Peter is succeeded as Chief ...

The Rolls-Royce LyftSystem enables the F-35 to hover at the pilot's command. Interestingly, Rolls-Royce adapted it directly from the Pegasus engine, which powered the Harrier jets. Hawker ...

AVI-8 Hawker Harrier Matador Chronograph [Courtesy: AVI] A watch is an essential tool that pilots must carry to tell and track time. The AVI-8 Hawker Harrier Matador Chronograph is an iconic watch ...