Once complete, the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum will showcase more than 40 aircraft from military history.

Summary: The AV-8B Harrier jet, a cornerstone of U.S. Marine Corps aviation for nearly four decades, is nearing its final flight. -With its unique ability for vertical takeoff and landing ...

The final flight assessment - conducted by the AV-8B Harrier II Fleet Replacement Detachment, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing - was a low-altitude, close-training sortie ...

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 ...

The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing was created on July 7 ... and the first to use the AV-8B Harrier in combat during Operation Desert Shield. The six primary functions of Marine aviation include ...

Until the Harrier is fully retired by the 2030s ... flew more than 3,300 sorties from forward bases and smaller Marine Corps aircraft carriers, dropping a whopping six million pounds of ordnance ...

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