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The world’s first jump jet: How we got the legendary Harrier II

The Hawker Siddeley Kestrel was the aviation world’s first jump jet, a Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing (or V/STOL) aircraft, a milestone in aviation history. Originally known as the P.1127, it was ...
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Up close in the cockpit: US Marine flies AV-8B Harrier II

Experience the flight of the AV-8B Harrier II from inside the cockpit. The camera captures the instruments, buttons, and ...
The National Interest

This Is the Fighter Jet the Marines Can’t Live Without

The design of the Harrier jump jet has allowed the Marine Corps to project air power in ways that would not have been possible with conventional aircraft. The McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II is a ...
9NEWS

Denver air and space museum debuts legendary aircraft

The aircraft will also be open to cockpit tours on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., as part of the museum's Cockpit Demo Day. The museum said the AV-8B+ Harrier II is one of the most ...
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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 ...
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Marine squadron conducts its final Harrier flight in switch to F-35

Marine Attack Squadron 231 fly AV-8B Harrier IIs in formation during the squadron’s final flight ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, on May 29. (Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo ...
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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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Tillamook Air Museum Closer to Combat Jet’s Arrival

The Tillamook Air Museum is preparing for the rare arrival of a combat-tested Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier in August, which will fly under its own power from California to Oregon. This specific Harrier ...
The National Interest

How the UK’s “Sea Harrier” Fighter Jet Annihilated Argentina’s Air Force

The small and nimble FRS.1 Sea Harrier defied the prevailing logic of the 1970s and 1980s, in which air forces competed to build bigger and faster fighter jets. The Hawker Siddeley Sea Harrier FRS.1 ...
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Historic fighter jet retires at Tillamook Air Museum

The Tillamook Air Museum welcomed a new addition on Monday, when an AV-8B II Harrier jet made its final descent into the coastal Oregon town in front of hundreds of aviation enthusiasts. Pilot James ...

Major new exhibit for Solway Aviation Museum delivered from Lincolnshire

Solway Aviation Museum have welcomed a major new exhibit after confirming it is acquiring a Sea Harrier F/A2 jet, serial ...