An AV-8B Harrier aircraft operating aboard the USS Kearsarge in the Mediterranean was damaged earlier this month after a loose grounding wire was sucked into the plane's engine.

A combat-proven AV-8B Harrier II+ has found a permanent home at the Fort Worth Aviation Museum, marking a powerful addition to its collection of historic aircraft. Delivered with a dramatic ...

The AV-8B Harrier is an aging airframe for the Corps and is slowly being phased out by the new high-tech stealth F-35B. While the Corps slowly transitions to the F-35, some MEUs are still carrying ...

On Jul. 8, 2013, the Italian Navy I GrupAer based at Grottaglie, started a new air-to-air training campaign at the AWTI (Air Weapons Training Installation) of Decimomannu airbase, Italy. During ...

The Marine Corps will train the final two new AV-8B Harrier pilots in 2024 as part of a long-term transition to the F-35 Lightning II. The transition from the AV-8B Harrier and F/A-18C/D Hornet ...

The AV-8B Harrier II was as much a “star” of the 1994 film True Lies as Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jamie Lee Curtis – and it also was the aircraft that literally saved humanity in the ...

The final two AV-8B Harrier II pilots with the U.S. Marine Corps have finished their training, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing announced Monday. Capts. Joshua Corbett and Sven Jorgensen on Friday ...

AV-8B CAG jet from VMA-231 “Ace of Spades” on static display at airshow. The dates outlined by Capt. Fucci align with the final Marine Harrier pilot training which just graduated their last ...

An AV-8B Harrier at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show on May, 11, 2023. Dan Parsons Photo used with permission. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Just after noon on ...

Despite having the highest accident rate of any U.S. Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft, the Marines will keep the AV-8B Harrier around longer than planned. The reason is simple: Marine F/A-18 ...

AV-8A lifetime mishap rate: 31.77. AV-8B lifetime mishap rate: 11.44 * The AV-8B’s history. The Marines had a disastrous time with the first Harrier, the AV-8A, destroying 66 of 114 planes in ...