Marine Attack Squadron 231 took another step toward the service’s retirement of the AV-8B Harrier II to make way for the F-35 ...

The Marines are phasing out the older Harrier jets in favor of the newer fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighters.

After over a century of service, the Marine Corps’ oldest flying squadron has flown its final Harrier II mission. VMA-231 ...

AV-8B Harrier II: Image taken by Author Peter Suciu ... The AV-8B was routinely deployed onboard amphibious assault ships and simple forward operating bases. In total, production for the United ...

A Marine Attack Squadron has flown its final Harrier flight and is set for official deactivation in September at Marine Corps ...

In it, a BBC correspondent said that Ehrhart had shot down seven Houthi drones while flying an AV-8B Harrier from the USS Bataan, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship - basically a light aircraft ...

Building on the success of the original Harrier, the AV-8B Harrier II made its debut on ... their new jump-jet was right at home on the amphibious assault ships (big decks) or foward operating ...