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USA: the AV-8B Harrier II in service until 2028

They will undergo heavy updating -DATASHEET

The United State Marine Corps (USMC) will keep McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft in service until at least 2028, when they will be definitively replaced by the Lockheed Martin F-35Bs that are -slowly- becoming operational to an extent major in the United States. Also for the Boeing F/A-18 Hornets life will be "extended" until 2031,...

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Washington, USA, 04/15/2019 14:11
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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