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 move ...

The Harrier slows to a hover over the runway, nozzles screaming downward as the jet hangs in place like it forgot it was a ...

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 ...

A fire truck spraying a rainbow-making flume of water marked one of the final steps toward retirement of a storied Marine Corps attack jet. The torrent above the AV-8B Harrier taxiing on the tarmac at ...

It's no secret that the British-made Harrier Jump Jet is one of the most iconic fighter jets of the 20th century. From being one of the only two fighter jets with hovering, take-off, and landing ...

Mechanical failure downed the AV-8B Harrier jet that crashed and set several homes on fire last year in Imperial, about 90 miles east of San Diego, continuing a long history of design and maintenance ...

The small and nimble FRS.1 Sea Harrier defied the prevailing logic of the 1970s and 1980s, in which air forces competed to build bigger and faster fighter jets.

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH -- Nearly four days after a Marine Corps Harrier jet crashed off Wrightsville Beach, the wreckage of the AV-8B remains on the ocean floor while officials work on a plan to recover ...

For kids in the ‘90s, it was the stuff of legend: Collect enough Pepsi Points during a promotion called Pepsi Stuff and you could get a Harrier jet, as prominently shown in the commercials, and one ...

A training Harrier jet crashed Saturday in an isolated section of the airfield at the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, killing both a flight instructor and his student. One of the men who died ...

WASHINGTON — The incoming chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Tuesday he will hold “a robust set of hearings” early this year on military aviation safety, focusing on the Marine Corps’ ...