The USSR wanted its own jump jet, and developed the Yakovlev Yak-38. The platform was meant to mimic the Harrier, but the Yak-38 did not survive the collapse of the Soviet Union.

In May 1969, a daring race between iconic skyscrapers marked a new chapter in aviation. At the heart of it was Britain’s ...

This is also one of the reasons why the AV-8B Harrier II is one of the best jets Boeing has ever made, despite being born in the U.K. more than 30 years before Boeing took over production.

AVI-8 has revealed a new military-inspired watch, called the Hawker Harrier Pegasus Automatic. Designed to resemble the turbines of the Harrier jump jet's Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine, the watch is ...

The Soviets had seen the advantages in the vertical/short-takeoff-and-landing design, or V/STOL, used by Britain's Hawker Siddeley Kestrel — the precursor to the now-renown Harrier "jump jet ...

A high-speed jet that can land horizontally and vertically is calling it a career and will be on display at an aviation museum in Mesa. The aircraft, known as a Jump Jet, can take off vertically ...

Along with the Harrier, the Corps has put F/A-18 Hornets on the chopping block to make way for the F-35. The Hornet made up over half of the Corps' tactical air capabilities in 2022, according to ...

The original "jump jet" was considered a technological marvel when the prototype first flew all the way back in 1960. Later versions of what became known as the Harrier differed greatly from that ...

A rare, 46-foot warplane acting as a “garden gnome” outside a $5 million English estate comes for free with the purchase of the sprawling property. The decommissioned Harrier II jet plane ...

A Ukrainian drone has taken down a Russian Su-30 fighter jet over the Black Sea for the first time, Kyiv intelligence officials said.. The Ukrainian Magura drone destroyed the Moscow Su-30 on ...

The USSR wanted its own jump jet, and developed the Yakovlev Yak-38. The platform was meant to mimic the Harrier, but the Yak-38 did not survive the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The Marine Corps' oldest flying squadron flew its last Harrier jump jet flight as the unit's pilots ready to fly new F-35 stealth fighters. Kelsey Baker. Updated June 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM.