The AV-8B Harrier, known informally as the Harrier jump jet, is the latest iteration in a series of VSTOL aircraft that was ...

22,000 pounds of thrust enable the Harrier II to hover like a helicopter, and then blast forward like a jet at near-supersonic speeds. Like every aircraft in the Marine fleet, this aircraft is ...

Its performance, vastly superior technology, stealth design and data-networking are just a few of the ways in which this new jet will revolutionize Marine Corps aviation. The Harrier was a ...

U.S. Marines waged a four-hour firefight with pockets of Iraqi troops in the southern city of Umm Qasr on Sunday, a day after British troops captured the strategically important port. The clash ended ...

The F-35 will replace AV-8B Harrier IIs in the Marine ... at Eglin Air Force Base. STOVL aircraft are also stationed at the first operational F-35 base, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., ...

as well as tthe Harrier "jump-jet" under the command of the Marine Corps. If you want an enemy aircraft destroyed right now, the F-22 is the one for the job. If you need a widely capable ...