The Harrier Jump Jet, a highly innovative warplane that helped solve several operational problems for military planners, made its first flight on this day in history, August 31, 1966. The fighter jet, ...

On Oct. 27, 2011, with a ceremony at Grottaglie airbase, near Taranto, the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Harrier in Italian service. The AV-8B+ Harriers of the ...

One of Britain’s senior Royal Air Force commanders has rebutted suggestions that retiring the Harrier GR9 will damage the ability to regenerate skills to operate the new F-35C variant of the Joint ...

Two crew members were forced to eject when a Royal Air Force BAE Systems Harrier trainer crashed on the runway at Akrotiri air base in Cyprus on 9 February. The UK Ministry of Defence says the ...

The Harrier made its final flight with the British RAF last week, marking an end to the jet famous for being able to take off and land vertically. The jet's recently declassified flight manual shows ...

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Britain's Ministry of Defense has issued an urgent supply order for new U.S.-built targeting pods for its GR9 Harrier jets. Lockheed Martin's Florida unit said in a ...

We knew it was only a matter of time until people started talking about the contested Falkland Islands in the wake of Britain's decision last month to retire its Harrier jump jets, a move that will ...

Debate has escalated over the UK government's controversial decision to retire its last BAE Systems Harrier GR9 ground-attack aircraft late last year, with the Royal Air Force's current involvement in ...

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 first of 69 single-seat Harrier GR7 V/STOL ground-attack fighters upgraded to GR9 standards returned to service with the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm on Sept. 27. This is part of a £500 ...