22,000 pounds of thrust enable the Harrier II to hover like a helicopter, and then blast forward like a jet at near-supersonic speeds. Like every aircraft in the Marine fleet, this aircraft is ...

Unlike the Harrier, the Yak-38 did not endure as a successful V/STOL aircraft. Why the Soviet Yak-38 Jump Jet Failed to Compete with the British Harrier As the aviation arms race sped forward ...