The United States Marine Corps will retire the last of its McDonnell Douglas AV-8B+ Harrier II fighters in just under two ...

forcing both the Navy and Marine Corps to adopt the Harrier in 1985. It wouldn't be until the creation of the F-35 that the U.S. would get its own VTOL fighter jet. If anyone in the '40s claimed ...

Out of all NATO Allied Forces, the United Kingdom ranks as one of the strongest. The backbone of the UK’s Armed Forces is the ...

Aircraft useful against insurgents and low-intensity conflicts are not necessarily the same as those useful against a peer-on ...

Jim Schofield has flown more than 100 aircraft types and is the first pilot to fly front-line fighters for 100 years: 1917 ...

Rockwell's XFV-12 Couldn't Get Off The Ground After witnessing the splendor of the AV-8B Harrier, a fighter jet capable of ...

The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force (RAF) is the cornerstone of Britain’s defense capabilities. Its fleet features an ...

The M61 is found on many US fighter jets, from the long-retired Convair F-106 Delta Dart and the F-111 Aardvark to the F-14 ...

Pilot error led to the high-profile crash in 2023 of a F-35B stealth fighter jet near Charleston, S.C., in which the aircraft ...

Fighter jets are iconic symbols of aviation ... When the British unveiled the Harrier GR.1 in 1967 – a “jump jet” capable of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) – the Soviets scrambled ...