The Marines are phasing out the older Harrier jets in favor of the newer fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighters.

This jump-jet, as it was often called, was adopted by the Marines in the form of the AV-8B Harrier II. After demonstrating its exceptional battlefield capabilities in the service of the British ...

The Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier is in the twilight zone. Earlier this year, Harriers were flying around the eastern Mediterranean on a deterrence mission amid the Israel war. The aircraft was ...

The Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum is preparing for the upcoming arrival of a Marine Corps Harrier 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, according to the Marine Corps. As the service ...

An AV-8B Harrier at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show on May, 11, 2023. Dan Parsons Photo used with permission. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Just after noon on ...

(Lance Cpl. Lauralle Walker/Marine Corps) The final class of Marine Corps Harrier mechanics has graduated from training, and later this year the last two Harrier pilots should complete their ...

Maj. Nicholas Tyson, an AV-8B Harrier II pilot, takes a seat in the cockpit of his aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 18, 2019. (Lance Cpl. Elias E.

A Harrier AV-8B fighter jet lands at Falcon Field in Mesa, Ariz. on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. The jet, which saw service in the ...

A modern incarnation, the Boeing AV-8B Harrier II, is operated today by the United States Marine Corps. "The AV-8B Harrier II is the U.S. military’s only short takeoff, vertical landing jet ...

With cell phones and cameras in hand, a crowd of enthusiastic people cheered and took photos and video of a Harrier AV-8B ...