Its performance, vastly superior technology, stealth design and data-networking are just a few of the ways in which this new jet will revolutionize Marine Corps aviation. The Harrier was a ...

22,000 pounds of thrust enable the Harrier II to hover like a helicopter ... replace the AV-8A and the A-4M light attack aircraft. The Marine Corps requirement for a V/STOL light attack force ...

Among developments, Marine aviators should see more F-35s, upgraded MV-22 Ospreys, more cargo aircraft and data-enabled ...

meaning a refined variant of the Harrier was a worthwhile pursuit, despite the original aircraft’s many flaws. Built around an improved Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine, the AV-8B was first delivered to the ...

The F-35 will replace AV-8B Harrier IIs in the ... at Eglin Air Force Base. STOVL aircraft are also stationed at the first operational F-35 base, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., ...

as well as tthe Harrier "jump-jet" under the command of the Marine Corps. If you want an enemy aircraft destroyed right now, the F-22 is the one for the job. If you need a widely capable ...

Lance Cpl. Austin Gardner, left, a fixed-wing aircraft mechanic, signals to Capt. Daniel Park before takeoff from Kadena Air Base, April 4, 2025. (Cpl. Chloe Johnson/Marine Corps) NATIONAL HARBOR ...