The final class of Marine Corps Harrier mechanics has graduated from training, and later this year the last two Harrier pilots should complete their training, marking the “end of an era” as the ...

The Marine Corps is moving toward an all-F-35 tactical fleet as it phases out legacy Hornet and Harrier aircraft.

The Marine Corps will soon rebrand a storied aviation squadron as its pilots switch to a new jet designed for next-level warfare. Amid ongoing changes to the Corps, the North Carolina-based Marine ...

The final two AV-8B Harrier II pilots with the U.S. Marine Corps have finished their training, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing announced Monday. Capts. Joshua Corbett and Sven Jorgensen on Friday ...

Maj. Nicholas Tyson, an AV-8B Harrier II pilot, takes a seat in the cockpit of his aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 18, 2019. (Lance Cpl. Elias E. Pimentel ...

This story has been corrected. The Marine Corps’ oldest flying squadron recently took another step toward the service’s retirement of a venerable vertical takeoff aircraft to make way for its ...

All good things must come to an end—and it was last week that the final two United States Marine Corps pilots completed training on the AV-8B Harrier II, the vertical/short takeoff and landing (VSTOL) ...

The iconic Marine Corps aircraft is set to retire next month after decades of service.

A U.S. Marine Corps pilot, assigned to Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron (VMM) 162 (Reinforced), prepares an AV-8B Harrier, attached to VMM 162 for takeoff aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ...

Marine Corps Sgt. Brooke Roper, a fixed-wing power plants mechanic instructor at the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Cherry Point, supervises Pfc. Hunter Dority, Lance Cpl. Justin ...

The Marines will rebrand a squadron as pilots switch to the F-35B Lightning II. The transition from the AV-8B Harrier to the F-35B is part of modernization. The change is part of service-wide plans to ...