The AV-8B is a key component of the Marine Corps’ “all STOVL force” concept, allowing Marines to be supported in austere conditions in expeditionary environments. 22,000 pounds of thrust ...

This jump-jet, as it was often called, was adopted by the Marines in the form of the AV-8B Harrier II. After demonstrating its exceptional battlefield capabilities in the service of the British ...

Aircraft: 12 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters; 4 CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters; 6 AV-8B Harrier attack aircraft; 3 UH-1N Huey helicopters; 4 AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters Landing/Attack Craft ...

and AV-8B Harrier II, both Boeing and Lockheed Martin submitted proposals for possible replacements. Boeing’s entry, the X-32, aimed to distinguish itself through affordability and simplicity.

Remember the controversy, in the 1990s, involving Pepsi Cola and an AV-8B Harrier jump jet? Well, long story short, Pepsi ran a promotional contest by which people could accumulate points for ...

A deal could possibly include the transfer of some of the Italian Navy's 30 AV-8B Harrier II short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft, an Italian Navy source told Janes. A transfer ...