The first Harrier II Plus jets started service with the Marines in 1993, while the upgraded AV-8Bs started rolling into the flight line in 1996. This was also the last variant of the fighter jet ...

The Harrier jump jet, which was the first vertical take-off ... with it earning the nickname The Flying Bedstead because of its unusual shape. Harrier Day at Newark Air Museum celebrated the ...

Five fantastic warbirds from the British isles, take a close look at a few of the best aircraft that British Aerospace ever built.

The jet’s inherent humility may partially ... requiring significant time spent in the most dangerous aspects of flying—takeoff and landing. So, the Harrier spends a lot of time close to ...

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 ...

Once the pride of Britain’s RAF and Royal Navy, the now stripped-down Harrier vertical take-off ... with two new super-carriers but no jump jets to fly from them. The discarded Harriers make ...