Once complete, the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum will showcase more than 40 aircraft from military history.
Service: USMC Propulsion: Rolls Royce Pegasus F402 ... 550 kts Range: 900 nm The AV-8B Harrier II is the U.S. military’s only short takeoff, vertical landing jet aircraft in current inventory.
Until the Harrier is fully retired by the 2030s, the Trump administration is smart to task these aging but still deadly birds to possibly conduct counter-narcotic operations in Mexico.
In the film, the Harrier can be seen (with USMC pilots at the helm) destroying the bridge between mainland Florida and the Keys. And then later, more memorably, with Arnold at the helm ...