The Cold War created some of the most innovative military technology ever - including the Harrier Jump Jet. This fighter could take off vertically, hover in midair, and land almost anywhere.

Once the pride of Britain’s RAF and Royal Navy, the now stripped-down Harrier vertical take-off jump jets sit like skeletons in the famous US aircraft ‘Boneyard’ in the Arizona desert. The ...

But the Harrier’s time is indeed limited; the jump-jet is being phased out in favor ... Harrison holds a BA from Lake Forest College, a JD from the University of Oregon, and an MA from New ...

Until the Harrier is fully retired by the 2030s, the Trump administration is smart to task these aging but still deadly birds to possibly conduct counter-narcotic operations in Mexico. Last month ...

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 ...

Britain has agreed to buy 150 of the new Joint Strike Fighters to replace the Royal Navy's Harrier Jump Jets. But the £35 million Lockheed Martin planes are 3,300lb overweight, Sunday newspapers ...