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How the AV-8B Harrier “Jump Jet” Paved the Way for the F-35

Despite various design refinements in the AV8-B, the updated Harrier is still regarded as difficult to fly. The AV-8B Harrier, known informally as the Harrier jump jet, is the latest iteration in a ...

New Vision To Fill Gaps After AV-8B Harrier And AH-1Z Viper Retirements Laid Out By Marines

The Marines also see what is called Future Attack Strike as addressing demands that will arise when the F/A-18C/D Hornet is ...
FlightGlobal

US Marine Corps to retire AV-8B Harrier II in 2026

The US Marine Corps will retire its Boeing AV-8B Harrier II fleet in June 2026, a year earlier than previously planned, as it ...
The National Interest

Before the F-35, the AV-8B Harrier II was the King of the Sky

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 ...
9NEWS

Denver air and space museum debuts legendary aircraft

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 ...
Jalopnik

U.S. Marines Will Keep The Harrier Around Longer As Hornet Fleet Crumbles

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Despite having the highest accident rate of any U.S. Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft, the Marines will keep the AV-8B Harrier around longer ...
The Aviationist

Italian Navy AV-8B+ Harrier Jet Deploys Aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima

An Italian Navy “Jump Jet” landed aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) in the Med Sea. On Jul. 18, 2018, an AV-8B+ Harrier II belonging to the I GRUPAER (Gruppo Aerei ...