USMC To Hold ‘Sundown’ Ceremony For AV-8B Harrier II This Week

Marine Attack Squadron 223 (VMA-223) is now the final operator of the famed ‘Jump Jet,’ first adopting the aircraft in ...

Goodbye to the Harrier: the US Navy retires its vertical-takeoff fighter, and a whole era of close airpower closes with it

The legendary "jump jet" has officially retired. See how the US Marine Corps is moving from the Harrier era to the F-35B.
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Final flight reserve: Bourbon honoring last Marine Harrier

Final Flight Reserve: The Bourbon That Salutes the Last Jump Jet There is a tradition in military aviation known as a sundown ...
Military.com

Marine Corps Retires Harrier Jet After 55 Years of Landing Without a Runway

The AV-8 Harrier jet is decommissioned after an official sunset ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North ...

Goodbye to the AV-8B Harrier: the Marines are retiring vertical takeoff’s old icon, and the gap it leaves is not just nostalgic for commanders

Lt. Col. John B. Cumbie, the commanding officer of VMA-223, said the Bulldogs were “extremely proud” to conduct the final ...
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Why The Legendary Harrier II Jet Was Retired By The RAF

The Harrier's slick-sounding name is iconic even to those with just a passing familiarity with combat aircraft. It was the first operational VTOL jet aircraft, using a horizontally mounted turbofan ...
The Aviationist

From Combat to Exhibit: Preparing an AV-8B+ Harrier II for Museum Display

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 and moved to its new home. The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum ...
Aviation Week

Boeing/BAE Harrier II

The Harrier II is currently out of production. Through 1998, Boeing and earlier McDonnell Douglas as well as BAE built a total of 428 Harrier II V/STOL aircraft. The Harrier II is a single- or ...