Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Marine Corps this week celebrated the retirement of the AV-8B Harrier II, the fighter jet that can take off and land ...

With VSTOL capabilities way ahead of their time, the AV-8B II Harrier "Jump Jet" will go down in history as one of the Marine ...

The legendary "jump jet" has officially retired. See how the US Marine Corps is moving from the Harrier era to the F-35B.

Runways are undesirable locations for military aircraft. Being tied to miles of concrete gives jet aircraft a built-in vulnerability as well as restricting their flexibility. At sea, it is extremely ...

U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II jet at a sunset ceremony for the historic fleet at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo). For an aircraft that's seen its share of ...

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 U.S. Marine Corps this week celebrated the retirement of the AV-8B Harrier II, the fighter jet that can take off and land vertically and without a runway. In a "sundown" ceremony on Wednesday at ...