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), ...

Out with old, in with the new for the USMC, but what's the catch?

I remember when I first saw images of an AV-8B Harrier jump jet landing on the deck of some ship lost in the surrounding water. I was just a kid with a passion for military hardware, but I was so ...

The Pima Air & Space Museum has acquired a retired U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II+ light attack jet for its collection. The specific Harrier (BuNo 165574) boasts a significant service history, ...

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 Harrier Jump Jet is one of the most iconic fighter jets to enter service, and its incredible capabilities — one of which is to take off and land vertically — is one of the reasons why it had such ...

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 ...

The legacy of the Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II ground-attack “jump jet” will be celebrated during a week’s worth of events late this spring in North Carolina. The “Harrier Sundown Celebration” will ...

The Blue Angels Boeing F/A-18 Hornet at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium got company with the recent addition of a Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II. The Blue Angels Boeing F/A-18 ...