Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier is in the twilight zone. Earlier this year, Harriers were flying around the eastern Mediterranean ...

The Harrier Jump Jet, a highly innovative warplane that helped solve several operational problems for military planners, made its first flight on this day in history, August 31, 1966. The fighter jet, ...

Marine Corps Sgt. Brooke Roper, a fixed-wing power plants mechanic instructor at the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Cherry Point, supervises Pfc. Hunter Dority, Lance Cpl. Justin ...

The final two AV-8B Harrier II pilots with the U.S. Marine Corps have finished their training, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing announced Monday. Capts. Joshua Corbett and Sven Jorgensen on Friday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Marines will rebrand a squadron as pilots switch to the F-35B Lightning II. The transition from the AV-8B Harrier to the F-35B ...

Key Points and Summary - The iconic Harrier "Jump Jet," famous for its unique vertical take-off and landing (V/STOL) capability, is nearing the end of its celebrated 40-year service with the U.S.

The design of the Harrier jump jet has allowed the Marine Corps to project air power in ways that would not have been possible with conventional aircraft. The McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II is a ...

A storied AV-8B Harrier — a fighter plane that can lift off vertically — is the most recent historical aircraft delivered to an old Marine Corps Airstation El Toro hangar at the Irvine Great Park that ...

Your series on the Harrier aircraft was superb (Dec. 15-18). You have poignantly brought to our attention a situation that begs for attention. As I read about some of the failures, I realized that at ...

Soon after graduating from high school in Alton, Illinois, in the spring of 1970, an 18-year-old Teddy Sigite received a letter stating that Uncle Sam had plans to bring him into the military through ...

An AV-8B Harrier aircraft operating aboard the USS Kearsarge in the Mediterranean was damaged earlier this month after a loose grounding wire was sucked into the plane's engine. The incident occurred ...