U.S. Southern Command has released new footage on X showing U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II jets from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conducting live-fire training from the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima in the …

… . MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 23, 2018) U.S. Marines with Marine Air Control Group … a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier during a Stinger Trainer Launch …

On Dec. 15, 2010, sixteen Harriers took off from RAF Cottesmore for a farewell formation flight marking the end to 41 years of British Harrier operations. Originally scheduled to remain in service until 2018 or beyond, ideally overlapping with the …

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A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II launched from USS Iwo Jima and released live ordnance during a precision strike exercise over the Caribbean on October 2, 2025. While described as a training event, defense officials confirmed the mission occurred under …

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NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA LAKE, California — The “Dust Devils” of the Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX-31) brought the AV-8B Harrier’s decades-long testing era to an official close this fall with one final sortie flown by the squadron’s …

It was the first of its kind, a jet that rose like a helicopter, hovered in midair, and raced forward like a fighter. After decades of rewriting rules for aerial warfare, a U.S. Marine AV-8B Harrier embarked on its final flight. Not for combat, but for …

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