The Harrier Jump Jet, a highly innovative warplane that helped solve several operational problems for military planners, made its first flight on this day in history, August 31, 1966. The fighter jet, ...

The F-35's development costs are well over $1 trillion, but then again it's really three planes in one. Here's what sets each apart from the others.

American and Soviet pilots alike had their jaws hit the floor the first time they saw the British Hawker Siddeley Harrier take to the sky as if by magic back in the late 1960s. Though on paper, the ...

The British boutique builder’s market for guitars and amplification is in rude health, with many smaller operations becoming more visible as the pandemic abates. One of the better-known is Emprize, ...

Since the intervention by the United States and coalition partners began in 2014, the Middle East's skies have become crowded with the very best in modern air power. The air is full of flashy ...

Born from a radical idea to take off vertically, the British-designed Harrier Jump Jet became the world’s first successful V/STOL fighter. Using Rolls-Royce Pegasus thrust-vectoring engines, it could ...

The Yak-38 was the Soviet Union’s attempt to rival the British Harrier in vertical flight. Unlike its Western counterpart, it suffered from limited range, poor weapon systems, and frequent crashes.