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The Marine Corps' oldest flying squadron flew its last Harrier jump jet flight as the unit's pilots ready to fly new F-35 stealth fighters

The Marine Corps will soon rebrand a storied aviation squadron as its pilots switch to a new jet designed for next-level warfare. Amid ongoing changes to the Corps, the North Carolina-based Marine ...
The Aviationist

End Of An Era: MCAS Cherry Point Hosts Final USMC AV-8B Harrier II Demo

“It’s bittersweet, all the good things have to come to an end; it’s our turn soon, but not yet” a Jump Jet pilot told us at MCAS Cherry Point Airshow. Over the weekend of May 11 and 12, at Marine ...
Stars and Stripes

Development of Harrier ‘jump jet’ ends with final flight at China Lake

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 National Interest

How the AV-8B Harrier “Jump Jet” Paved the Way for the F-35

Despite various design refinements in the AV8-B, the updated Harrier is still regarded as difficult to fly. The AV-8B Harrier, known informally as the Harrier jump jet, is the latest iteration in a ...
Yahoo

The Marine Corps' oldest flying squadron flew its last Harrier jump jet flight as the unit's pilots ready to fly new F-35 stealth fighters

The Marines will rebrand a squadron as pilots switch to the F-35B Lightning II. The transition from the AV-8B Harrier to the F-35B is part of modernization. The change is part of service-wide plans to ...