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 ...
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 jets ...
CHERRY POINT, N.C. — Officials said a Marine jet crashed in a wooded area in North Carolina, but the pilot ejected from the aircraft and was taken to a hospital. A statement posted to Facebook from ...
The Marine Corps is bidding farewell to a decades-old jet and plans to send it off with fanfare and contrails of shimmering vapor in one of its final public appearances. The AV-8B Harrier II has been ...
Harriers may not be as advanced as F-35s, but the Marines have found one last mission for them amid Caribbean build-up.
A Marine Corps aviation unit’s return to action is waiting in the wings, pending delivery of enough additional F-35C Lighting II jets to allow it to get going. The first of Marine Fighter Attack ...
This fall, the “Dust Devils” of the Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron brought the AV-8B Harrier’s decades-long testing ...
A U.S. Marine Corps pilot, assigned to Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron (VMM) 162 (Reinforced), prepares an AV-8B Harrier, attached to VMM 162 for takeoff aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ...
A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier jet crashed into the Indian Ocean at 8:40 p.m. local time Friday. The aircraft, assigned to 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, was flying from the USS Bonhomme Richard ...
BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- The United States has moved Marine Corps attack jets to Afghanistan, the military said Wednesday, replacing carrier-based warplanes in the Arabian Sea that have moved closer to ...