Exploring the paradigm shift emerging for Spanish naval aviation.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 223 taxis down the flightline at Marine Corps Air Station ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Marine Corps this week celebrated the retirement of the AV-8B Harrier II, the fighter jet that can take off and land ...

Britain withdrew the Harrier in 2010 after 41 years in service and sold 72 airframes to the US Marine Corps as a spare-parts ...

Fighter jets can be retired early for everything from being surplus with a peace dividend, to being a burden during times of ...

Retiring the Harrier without an immediate successor risks ending Spanish fixed-wing naval aviation for a generation. An ...

In 2010, the U.K. government pulled the plug on the Harrier II not because it failed in combat — far from it, as it had some incredible capabilities – but because of cold economics. The Strategic ...

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The U.S. Marine Corps this week celebrated the retirement of the AV-8B Harrier II, the fighter jet that can take off and land vertically and without a runway. In a “sundown” ceremony on Wednesday at ...

The United States Marine Corps on Wednesday celebrated the end of service for the AV-8 Harrier, the vertical takeoff and landing jet that’s been an icon of Marine aviation for 55 years, a favorite of ...