A fire truck spraying a rainbow-making flume of water marked one of the final steps toward retirement of a storied Marine Corps attack jet. The torrent above the AV-8B Harrier taxiing on the tarmac at ...

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 ...

What if the most prized plane in combat wasn’t the fastest aircraft in the air? For the U.S. Marine Corps, the AV-8B Harrier II demonstrated speed wasn’t ever the indicator of combat value. With a top ...

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 ...

The Marine Corps is drilling down on its plan to reclassify Marines tasked with keeping the AV-8B Harrier alive, a sign that the service is finally getting closer to retiring the decades-old jet as ...

After 40 years of service, the AV-8B Harrier II is being retired, with some aircraft heading to museums as the Marine Corps transitions to the F-35B. In late May, Marine Attack Squadron 231 (VMA-231), ...

The Marine Corps is saying goodbye to a decades-old jet, and Marines who work on its engine will soon enter the fleet for the last time. The AV-8B Harrier II jet has been in service since the 1980s, ...

The Harrier Jump Jet, a highly innovative warplane that helped solve several operational problems for military planners, made its first flight on this day in history, August 31, 1966. The fighter jet, ...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. (WITN) - Fleet Readiness Center East has delivered its final Harrier aircraft to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point before new technology takes over. A ...

Arguably the most overlooked aircraft in the U.S. military inventory is the AV-8B Harrier. People seem to forget the Harrier exists, let alone has served admirably in the U.S. Marine... Summary and ...