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How the AV-8B Harrier jump jet revolutionized vertical takeoff technology

The AV-8B Harrier is now nearly retired—but its mission profile will live on in the F-35B Lightning II, which shares many of ...
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A pilot explains why the Harrier jet is brilliant

We spoke to former Harrier pilot Paul Tremelling to find out the deal with the Harrier ‘Jump-jet’. Over to Paul: The trouble you have when describing the Harrier is that people immediately assume that ...
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End of an era: The Dust Devils and one final homage to the Harrier

Air Test and Evaluation Squadron VX-31’s AV-8B Harrier 88 sits in front of the squadron’s hangar during the sundown ceremony. (Alan De Herrera) NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA LAKE, California — The ...
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How the UK’s “Sea Harrier” Fighter Jet Annihilated Argentina’s Air Force

The small and nimble FRS.1 Sea Harrier defied the prevailing logic of the 1970s and 1980s, in which air forces competed to build bigger and faster fighter jets. The Hawker Siddeley Sea Harrier FRS.1 ...