The USMC inducted the AV-8A Harrier into service in 1971 and military minds in the DoD were quickly trying to think of every way they could use the "Jump Jet's" new abilities. One of their experiments ...

FILE - In this June 21, 2007 file photo, a U.S. Marine Corps AV-8 Harrier fighter jet from VX-9 Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake is seen on a training flight from the cockpit of an F-16 based at ...

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

Sailors and Marines reattach the wings of an AV-8 Harrier assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). The Bonhomme ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA LAKE, California — The “Dust Devils” of the Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX-31) ...

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 ...

The Navy has temporarily grounded all Marine Corps AV-8 Harrier attack aircraft after tests showed potential engine problems that could lead to catastrophic engine failure and aircraft loss, Navy ...

We do not have enough big-deck carriers, so the amphibious ships have to pick up the slack and the Harrier is the only thing that can do that. As for safety, all of your mishap numbers are about the ...

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Here's a sight I bet you weren't expecting. The image above shows U.S. Marine Corps AV-8 Harriers operating off a big deck aircraft carrier. The pic was taken in the 1970s when the Marines were ...