Royal Navy Cdr Nigel "Sharkey" Ward and the Royal Air Force's David Morgan gained their place in British military folklore by flying the navy's British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS1 fighter with ...

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, ...

After Argentina captured the Falkland Islands in 1982, the British navy sailed south to retake them. The Falklands War was one of the largest conflicts since World War II and featured major operations ...

The UK Royal Navy will mourn the retirement of its last Sea Harrier fighters this week, but its Fleet Air Arm is far from finished as a fast-jet power Twenty-four years after gaining legendary status ...

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 ...

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.

As an “interested observer” of military aviation, I beg to differ with your Jan. 9 editorial, “Justify Harrier or Drop It,” on the AV-8 Harrier jet. You completely overlook the successful use of the ...