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How the AV-8B Harrier jump jet revolutionized vertical takeoff technology

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 ...
Yahoo

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

The Marines will rebrand a squadron as pilots switch to the F-35B Lightning II. The transition from the AV-8B Harrier to the F-35B is part of modernization. The change is part of service-wide plans to ...
WTVD

Harrier Pilot Manages To Land On Aircraft Carrier Without Landing Gear

Talk about nerve racking. Captain William Mahoney was piloting an AV-8B Harrier jump jet when his landing gear failed. Watch the dramatic moment the pilot skillfully performs a vertical landing on a ...
AZFamily

End of an era: Legendary fighter jet calls Mesa home after final flight

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — A Marine Corps fighter jet that defied physics in more ways than one called it a career and is now calling Mesa home. The AV-8B Plus Harrier II, also known as the “Jump Jet,” ...
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Top 10: The best vertical take-off warplanes

Runways are undesirable locations for military aircraft. Being tied to miles of concrete gives jet aircraft a built-in ...