On Dec. 15, 2010, sixteen Harriers took off from RAF Cottesmore for a farewell formation flight marking the end to 41 years ...

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 ...

The AV-8B Harrier is now nearly retired—but its mission profile will live on in the F-35B Lightning II, which shares many of the same capabilities.

June 4, 2013: The U.S. Marine Corps is now preparing to upgrade many of their 140 AV-8B Harrier jet fighters to keep them in service, at least until 2030 (instead of 2027). This is because the ...

MCAS CHERRY POINT, N.C. (WNCT) — It was the end of an era at the hangar at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, where the Marine Corp deactivated Attack Squadron 203 as it makes room to bring in the ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Hawker Siddeley Kestrel was the aviation world’s first jump jet, a Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing (or V/STOL) aircraft, a milestone in aviation history. Originally known as the P.1127, it was ...

Solway Aviation Museum have welcomed a major new exhibit after confirming it is acquiring a Sea Harrier F/A2 jet, serial number ZE697.