This jump-jet, as it was often called ... a few of the ways in which this new jet will revolutionize Marine Corps aviation. The Harrier was a flexible, adaptable fighter-bomber that gave the ...

Indeed, the Harrier’s vertical/short takeoff (V/STOL) has made it a favorite of the unconventional warfighters of the Marine Corps. Since its introduction in the 1960s and its debut as an ...

A storied AV-8B Harrier — a fighter plane that can lift off vertically — is the most recent historical aircraft delivered to an old Marine Corps Airstation El Toro hangar at the Irvine Great ...

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 ...

The F-35 is to replace most other fighter and ground attack aircraft, including the F-16, F-18, and A-10, as well as tthe Harrier "jump-jet" under the command of the Marine Corps. If you want an ...

The L-39 is a Czechoslovakian jet trainer that can also serve in a light ground-attack role. Remember the controversy, in the 1990s, involving Pepsi Cola and an AV-8B Harrier jump jet? Well ...

The F-35 will replace AV-8B Harrier IIs in the Marine Corps inventory. Designed to operate from austere bases and a range of air-capable ships with its short takeoff/vertical landing capability ...