In the more than three decades that Marine pilots have flown the Harrier attack jet, it has wowed air show crowds and movie audiences with its vertical takeoffs and quick maneuvers, combining the ...

The Harrier II jump jet was a legendary military aircraft heavily utilized by the RAF. However, the U.K. government pulled ...

WASHINGTON — This week’s crash of a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier attack jet, the second in five days and the fifth this year, has prompted renewed concern about the accident-prone plane at the ...

With Marine Corps Class A aviation mishaps at a five-year high, the branch’s decision back in April to extend the life of the AV-8B Harrier attack aircraft — an about-face from an earlier 2014 ...

For nearly four decades, the AV-8B Harrier II was the only short takeoff, vertical landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft in the U.S. military's inventory. What that means is that this unique aircraft can ...

The final Boeing AV-8B Harrier II jump jets in service with the US military will be retired in 2027. An aviation strategy released by the US Marine Corps (USMC) on 3 February calls for half of the ...