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Why The AV-8 Harrier Was One Of The Hardest Fighter Jets To Fly

The Harrier is one of the most unique fighter jets in history due to its remarkable ability to take off and land with little need for a runway. Named after the bird of prey of the same name, the first ...
Jalopnik

The Time When AV-8 Harriers Deployed Aboard A Fixed-Wing Navy Carrier

The USMC inducted the AV-8A Harrier into service in 1971 and military minds in the DoD were quickly trying to think of every way they could use the "Jump Jet's" new abilities. One of their experiments ...
The National Interest

Before the F-35, the AV-8B Harrier II was the King of the Sky

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 lackluster 2000 ...
Kotaku

DCS World: AV-8B Night Attack V/STOL

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from DCS World: AV-8B Night Attack V/STOL The AV-8B project was born in the early 1970's as an effort to address the operational inadequacies of the AV-8A first ...