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.

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.

Join us as we dive into the fascinating history of the Harrier Jump Jet—a revolutionary VTOL aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing, reshaping aerial combat in ways the world had ...

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.