The United States Marine Corps will retire the last of its McDonnell Douglas AV-8B+ Harrier II fighters in just under two ...

Aircraft useful against insurgents and low-intensity conflicts are not necessarily the same as those useful against a peer-on ...

900 nm The AV-8B Harrier II is the U.S. military’s only short takeoff, vertical landing jet aircraft in current inventory. Originally flown in the late 1960s, the Harrier has undergone a series ...

The Harrier community ... repair center of choice for future squadrons as they transition to new aircraft. As the AV-8 program officially concludes, Ike Rettenmair, head of FRCE’s AV-8 and ...

Britain paid tribute Wednesday to a joint force of Royal Navy and RAF Harrier aircraft with a spectacular flypast to mark their retirement after 41 years of service. A formation of 16 Harriers ...

The F-35B is the short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) variant designed for smaller aircraft carriers and the Marines' ...

AV-8 Harrier, and F/A-18 fighter jets; MV-22 Osprey, AH-1 Cobra, CH-53 Sea Stallion, and UH-1 “Huey” helicopters; and KC-130 aircraft, which is mainly used for aerial refueling. Fixed-wing ...

LHA 8 will feature a well deck ... During Operation Iraqi Freedom, two LHDs served as “Harrier carriers,” launching an air group of AV-8B attack aircraft against targets inside Iraq.

Before the aircraft carrier became the most powerful ... putting angled launch ramps at the stern of the ships for AV-8 Harrier jump jets. Additionally, the 5 inch gun turrets would be replaced ...

Sensors that detect who is sitting where and what the family pet is up to, augmented reality overlays on displays, video gaming synced with a vehicle’s movement — the automobile cabin has ...