The Harrier Jump Jet became the world’s first successful vertical takeoff and landing combat aircraft. Built around the revolutionary Pegasus engine, it could hover, take off without runways, and ...

The AV-8B Harrier is now nearly retired—but its mission profile will live on in the F-35B Lightning II, which shares many of the same capabilities.

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.

Although the title of the world's most lethal fighter jet may still belong to the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, the new kid on ...

The great tune “Rule Britannia” once had meaning with this refrain: “Rule Britannia, Britain rules the waves.” ...

The great tune “Rule Britannia” once had meaning with this refrain: “Rule Britannia, Britain rules the waves.” ...

The 1980s was the last decade to witness air-to-air combat on a large scale, and the fighters of this age were impressively capable machines. Advances in radar, missile and human-machine interface ...

The Libyan military chief was in Ankara for high-level defense talks aimed at boosting military cooperation between the two ...

The Tokyo-bound flight landed safely at the D.C.-area airport after circling to burn off fuel. The plane was a Boeing 777-200 ...

United Airlines Flight 803, which was headed to Tokyo, safely landed at Washington Dulles International Airport on Saturday, ...

A passenger jet departed an airport in Australia after a critical data error left 51 passengers unaccounted for. According to a new report from the Australian ...

Government officials have admitted there were failures by the Army Black Hawk helicopter crew in the fatal crash with an ...