National Interest on MSN
How the AV-8B Harrier “Jump Jet” Revolutionized Vertical Takeoff Technology
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.
星视频 on MSNOpinion
Opinion - What can Britannia rule anymore?
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.” ...
National Security Journal on MSN
Why can’t the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers work?
Key Points and Summary – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth-class carriers restored fixed-wing sea power in 2017–2019, built around ...
Found and Explained Official on MSN
Vertical takeoff, impossible landing: Why tailsitter planes failed
Tailsitter aircraft were an early Cold War attempt to create fighters that could take off vertically without runways, operating from ships or remote locations. Designs like the Lockheed XFV and ...
The Aviationist on MSN
15 Years Ago: Last Operational British Harrier Flights
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.
Interesting Engineering on MSN
Wright brothers achieved the world’s first flight on this day in 1903
The story of the first powered flight, and how a fragile aircraft in 1903 changed commerce, warfare, and human movement ...
Today, only one Marine squadron still flies the Harrier II: VMA-223 "Bulldogs," a unit created in 1942 during World War II ...
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