The National Interest on MSN15d
Trump’s War on Mexico’s Drug Cartels May Be the Harrier Jump Jet’s Final Mission
Until the Harrier is fully retired by the 2030s, the Trump administration is smart to task these aging but still deadly birds to possibly conduct counter-narcotic operations in Mexico.
The National Interest on MSN12d
Drinking Seltzer Can Win You an L-39 Aircraft
The L-39 is a Czechoslovakian jet trainer that can also serve in a light ground-attack role. R emember the controversy, in ...
Hackaday7y
jump jet
We’ve got a twofer for awesome remote-controlled hovering stuff. The first is a 1:8 scale Harrier. This plane designed and built by [Joel Vlashof] will be a reasonably accurate model of a ...
The National Interest25d
What Do Fighter Jet “Generations” Actually Mean?
Examples of the generation include the F-4 Phantom, MiG-23, and the original Harrier jump jet. Fourth-generation fighters began to arrive in the 1970s and still populate the skies today as the ...
Business Insider India7y
The 10 worst British military aircraft of all time
The Spitfire fighter and the Lancaster bomber ruled the skies throughout World War II. The Harrier Jump Jet served at sea honorably for decades. But the aircraft you don't hear about are usually ...
Military.com4y
AV-8B Harrier II
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 ...
Palo Alto Weekly1y
‘I want us to be known as the STEM place’: Moffett Field Museum is on a mission to modernize
A Harrier Jump Jet cockpit on display in the Moffett Field Historical Society and Museum in Mountain View on April 13, 2023. Photo by Magali Gauthier. Calling all photographers! The 2025 Six Fifty ...