The AV-8B Harrier, known informally as the Harrier jump jet, is the latest iteration in a series of VSTOL aircraft that was first developed in the 1960s. Originally manufactured by the UK’s ...

Found And Explained How the Harrier Jump Jet Redefined Modern Air Combat Posted: March 28, 2025 | Last updated: March 28, 2025 In a bold move during the Cold War, British engineers developed a ...

Once the pride of Britain’s RAF and Royal Navy, the now stripped-down Harrier vertical take-off ... the end of the decade by the US’s F-35B jump jet, which experts believe will cost as much ...

Now a test pilot with Britain's main weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, he has become the first pilot ever to take off and land vertically in a jump jet equipped with the aircraft's unique lift ...

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 ...