AV-8B Harriers | VMA-223 Bulldogs | US Marines | Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport

[@gianpaolovillani6321]

The AV8B Harrier II Plus is a beautiful aircraft, I want it to remain operational for many decades to come, and never need to be replaced unnecessarily.

[@jmc4181]

The AV 8As were the real “widow makers”. I was at Cherry Pt 77-81 with 223 when they were A-4s. A number of Harriers went down at that time. Its my understanding that the B models were safer and the accident rate dropped off. The Harrier was one of my favorite birds to watch.

[@okrajoe]

Beautiful Harriers!

[@tailhookmd2546]

It should be noted the name on that first jet is Lt Col Chris “Otis” Raible. A legend in the Marine Corp and the CO of VMA-211. Read his story. The epitome of “every Marine a rifleman.” This video has to be at least 10 years old or the squadron kept his name on a jet if it’s more recent. RIP and Semper Fi!!

[@sebastiaomendonca1477]

Has to be one of the coolest planes ever built

[@beardeddad16]

They are. I miss working on them loved watching them work

[@oscarcocom6732]

they are awesome

[@P90F55]

You have to take your hat off to the Men that fly this airplane. It is more complex than any other airplane. Yet they've achieved a 94% readiness rate they, were a critical weapon system, and they've won numerous awards.

[@P90F55]

Love listening to the people in the background: Those missiles are blue because they're training missiles. Yes they're taxiing slow because this isn't flight simulator where people taxi at 60 knots!

[@beaggyboy]

This magnificent aircraft in fact still have lots more potential as a very useful ground support bomber, if givn the added benefit of some computer assisted vertical hover/lift - active balancing sub-nozzle feature intended for doing-away with the notorious moniker of being one of those "widow-maker" equipment. Way I see it, this aircraft's phasing-out was simply the evolutionary process of make way for the -35s' induction. Then again, for since the Harriers were made from using the regular metal materials, they were prone to corrosion on especially those units that served on USN's LHD type aircraft-carriers. The F-35s on the other hand, were done with the more accepted active application of to-date carbon composites that are not vulnerable to rusting.

[@P90F55]

The Harrier is rapidly becoming my favorite airplane. The sound of that Pegasus engine. Did you see that take off? The nose didn't even come up.

[@sebkuip]

That sound is just horrible imo. The whine hurts when you need to listen to it for longer times. I also play DCS world where the harrier is implemented and you often hear that whine sitting next to you. So it’s almost an unwritten rule to shut down your harrier when landed

[@P90F55]

@@sebkuip There always has to be a hater.

[@sebastiaomendonca1477]

@@sebkuip As a fellow DCS player and an AV-8B main, it is an unwritten rule you should do your best to park next to the open canopy hornets, point nozzles down and throttle up just enough so that you dont lift off.

[@NoblelllB]

@@sebastiaomendonca1477 I fully agree hahaha i love coming in for a vertical landing and making sure to fly right over every hornet or falcon with their canopy open

[@gianpaolovillani6321]

Beautiful VTOL hunts and I would like it to remain operational for many more decades, instead of replacing it with the inutle f35.

[@brutusthebulldog515]

The bombs painted on the side are the ones we dropped in Iraq in 2003 when we deployed to Iraq on the USS Kearsarge.

[@alex-E7WHU]

Beautiful aircraft.

[@davidhall4408]

It is a shame that the Harrier couldn't have been upgraded with the many years of service. Yes it has quirks that could have been smoothed out for the better.

[@P90F55]

What quirks? It had a 93 to 94% Readiness rate in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. It was one of General Norman Schwarzkopf top 7 Weapons Systems. The Black Sheep won top Marine Corps attack Squadron four times with the Harrier. It got a bad rap from the fake media. No one took into consideration how much time is spent in takeoff and landing which is the most dangerous part of flight for any airplane.

[@ricardosoto5770]

It got a raised bubble canopy, a glass cockpit, a new wing, souped up engine, FLIR, laser designators, a multimode planar array radar. They did improved the Harrier over the 50 years long career.

[@elitewarrior0076]

@@P90F55 I love the Harrier but it had its share of problems other than the VTOL portions of flight. The Pegasus engine wasn't very reliable and engine failures forced a lot of guys to eject. Furthermore, the ejection seat in the Harrier up until the late 90s was very flawed and guys were getting killed while ejecting. Once again, I think its an amazing badass machine, I'd love to fly it when I commission, but I'll admit it certainly had its flaws and has had a higher fatality rate than the F-18 or F-16

[@glastonbury4304]

David hall, the harriers were upgraded, Cameron just decided to sell them off on the cheap, bloody idiot that man, bloody Tories are not fit for purpose

[@apegues]

Harrier = Badass

[@dytrap918]

very fun to fly in dcs

[@32tfs]

Mooie video.

[@carlospina805]

I can never forget that engine sound VMA-513 Nightmares

[@HootOwl513]

Hi Carlos. I was with 513 from 10/75 to 12/77. Avionics and Training. Iwakuni and Yuma. Semper Fi.

[@carlospina805]

@@HootOwl513 good times bro

[@HootOwl513]

@@carlospina805 When were you there?

[@carlospina805]

@@HootOwl513 96 thru 01 brother

[@HootOwl513]

@@carlospina805 So you worked on the B models. I worked on the British-made A models. Why do the English drink warm beer?.... Lucas Refrigeration. Obama furled 513's colors in 7/13 at Yuma. But a new Flying Nightmares [w/F-35Bs] was formed at MCAS Beaufort SC as VMAT-502. But they can't have the old Squadron motto of "Damn the Bad Luck" without a 13 in their number. I was also with VMAT-203 at CPNC in '75. Light duty... but we did have some TA-4J 2-seaters w/20mm guns. Until the TAV8As. Semper Fi, Brother.

[@MarcosDelgado-e3x]

TOP...ASUA.ATUAL.VERÇAÕ.VUOL.EM.OUTUBRO.DE.1960.POR.4.ANOS.

[@TuffBurnOutTeam]

What year was the video made lookes very recent

[@garypearson3253]

Britain should never have got rid off their harriers

[@numeric.alphabet]

21k Sebenarnya ada dua mesin kiri dan kanan, itu saja..!

[@numeric.alphabet]

4km Kelebihan nya bisa landing Dan take off vertically

[@ballesvalencia]

greattt nice video

[@ChaseDigital_LLC]

AV-8b Harrier II 3d model and UE4 assets www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/aircraft/jet/stovl-av8b-harrier-jet www.cgmodel.com/model-298756.html Cheers!

[@MRWIRUPONGSUKARUJI]

Бомбардировка, нормальная, 7 тыс.

[@WakeMarine]

Oh Really.....We don't want to check the dang gone brakes or NWS. Very Well.

[@nbelyusf9538]

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[@P90F55]

These are real Men folks. The F-35 is great but the Harrier flew by the skill of its pilots not some computer augmented bull*hit.