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 ...
A rguably the most overlooked aircraft in the U.S. military inventory is the AV-8B Harrier. People seem to forget the Harrier exists, let alone has served admirably in the U.S. Marine Corps for ...
I was fortunate to see a Harrier perform at the Oregon Air Show about ten years ago. The noise of the aircraft, while performing vertical or short take-off and landing (VSTOL) operations ...
The US military is a major buyer of VTOL aircraft. The Marine Corps flies Lockheed Martin's F-35B jump-jet, seen as a replacement for the AV-8B Harrier. And the US Army chose Bell's V-280 Valor ...