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The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum showed in a video of a U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B+ Harrier II was demilitarized ...
The Hawker Siddeley Kestrel was the aviation world’s first jump jet, a Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing (or V/STOL) ...
Spain has withdrawn its previously stated interest in acquiring the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as a potential partial ...
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Spain Just Pulled Out of the F-35 Program

Spain has considered adopting the F-35B, the STOVL variant that is employed by the Royal Navy, the Italian Navy (Marina Militare), and which is now being acquired by the Japanese Maritime Self Defense ...
See the newest aircraft in our collection, the McDonnell- Douglas AV-8B+ Harrier II at the Air & Space Museum! This impressive airplane can “jump” off the ground in a short take off run or can even ...
It just goes to show that if you need a VTOL, it's probably best to ask the British. Just ask the US Marines who're only now ...
National Security Journal on MSN26d

Boeing’s X-32 Stealth Fighter Summed Up in 4 Words

The Boeing X-32, a prototype stealth fighter, represents one of the most significant “what ifs” in modern military aviation. -Developed for the Joint Strike Fighter competition, it ultimately lost to ...
After 40 years of service, the AV-8B Harrier II is being retired, with some aircraft heading to museums as the Marine Corps ...
Key Points and Summary – While high combat losses can often indicate a great aircraft used in high-risk missions, like the A-10 Warthog, this analysis asks if they tell a different story for the AV-8B ...
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 ...
The Tillamook Air Museum announced Wednesday that it will receive a historic, combat-tested fighter jet, an AV-8B Harrier II, which will join its permanent collection.
NAVAIR announced the first flight of the unmanned aircraft with new electronic support and enhanced cross-domain comms. In a ...