Seeing a Harrier jet hover is impressive enough – but watching it hold steady just above the treetops took it to another level. I stood in awe as the aircraft balanced on a column of roaring jet ...

and variants of the British Aerospace Sea Harrier such as the FRS.51. The F-35 Lightning II is currently the only jet in production that can hover, similar to the Harriers before their production ...

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 ...

The AV-8B Harrier, known informally as the Harrier jump jet, is the latest iteration in a series of VSTOL aircraft that was first developed in the 1960s. Originally manufactured by the UK’s ...