Today, only one Marine squadron still flies the Harrier II: VMA-223 "Bulldogs," a unit created in 1942 during World War II ...

The Harrier is an exceptionally unique and immediately identifiable fighter jet. It stands out from virtually every other aircraft ever built. This jump-jet, as it was often called, was adopted by the ...

This story has been corrected. The Marine Corps’ oldest flying squadron recently took another step toward the service’s retirement of a venerable vertical takeoff aircraft to make way for its ...

The final class of Marine Corps Harrier mechanics has graduated from training, and later this year the last two Harrier pilots should complete their training, marking the “end of an era” as the ...

The AV-8B Harrier II was as much a “star” of the 1994 film True Lies as Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jamie Lee Curtis – and it also was the aircraft that literally saved humanity in the lackluster 2000 ...

The AV-8B Harrier is now nearly retired—but its mission profile will live on in the F-35B Lightning II, which shares many of ...

Arguably the most overlooked aircraft in the U.S. military inventory is the AV-8B Harrier. People seem to forget the Harrier exists, let alone has served admirably in the U.S. Marine... Summary and ...

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — A Marine Corps fighter jet that defied physics in more ways than one called it a career and is now calling Mesa home. The AV-8B Plus Harrier II, also known as the “Jump Jet,” ...

The Harrier II (AV-8B) is a single- or two-seat, single-engine ground- attack aircraft now out of production. Through 1998, Boeing/McDonnell Douglas and BAE had built 428 Harrier II ...

The aircraft will also be open to cockpit tours on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., as part of the museum's Cockpit Demo Day. The museum said the AV-8B+ Harrier II is one of the most ...