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McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II is a v/STOL ground-attack aircraft originating in United Kingdom / United States. It was built by McDonnell Douglas / British Aerospace Boeing / BAE Systems.
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McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
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1978 V/STOL attack aircraft family by McDonnell Douglas/Boeing AV8B Harrier II McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II McDonnell Douglas Harrier II Boeing AV-8B Harrier II Boeing Harrier II AV-8B Harrier I
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V/STOL ground-attack aircraft
United Kingdom / United States
McDonnell Douglas / British Aerospace Boeing / BAE Systems
In limited service
United States Marine Corps Italian Navy Spanish Navy
AV-8B: 337 (excluding the YAV-8B)
1981–2003
January 1985
YAV-8B: 9 November 1978 AV-8B: 5 November 1981
3 June 2026 (USMC)
Hawker Siddeley Harrier
British Aerospace Harrier II
1 pilot
46 ft 4 in (14.12 m)
30 ft 4 in (9.25 m)
11 ft 8 in (3.55 m)
243.4 sq ft (22.61 m 2 )
13,968 lb (6,340 kg)
22,950 lb (10,410 kg)
Rolling takeoff: 31,000 lb (14,100 kg) Vertical takeoff: 20,755 lb (9,415 kg)
1 × Rolls-Royce Pegasus F402-RR-408 (Mk 107) vectored-thrust turbofan , 23,500 lbf (105 kN) thrust
585 kn (673 mph, 1,083 km/h)
1,200 nmi (1,400 mi, 2,200 km)
300 nmi (350 mi, 556 km)
1,800 nmi (2,100 mi, 3,300 km)
14,700 ft/min (75 m/s)
1× General Dynamics GAU-12 Equalizer 25 mm (0.984 in) 5-barreled rotary cannon mounted under-fuselage in the left pod, with 300 rounds of ammunition in the right pod
6× under-wing pylon and 1x under-fuselage stations holding up to 9,200 lb (4,200 kg) of payload:
supercritical airfoil
31,000 lb (14,100 kg)
20,755 lb (9,415 kg)
94.29 lb/sq ft (460.4 kg/m 2 )
0.948
LAU-10 four-round Zuni pods LAU-68 (7 round) or LAU-61 (19 round) rocket pods for Hydra 70 / APKWS 70 mm rockets
Air-to-air missiles : 4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or similar-sized infrared-guided missiles 4× AIM-120 AMRAAM (on radar equipped AV-8B Plus variants) Air-to-surface missiles : 4× AGM-65 E/F Maverick 4x AGM-122 Sidearm ( SEAD missile used by USMC)
CBU-100 /Mk 20 Rockeye II cluster bombs (CBUs) Mark 81, 82, or 83 unguided bombs GBU-12 or GBU-16 laser-guided bombs GBU-38 , GBU-32 , or GBU-54 Joint Direct Attack Munitions Mark 77 fire bomb
up to 4× 300/330/370 US Gallon drop tanks (pylon stations No. 2, 3, 5, & 6 are wet plumbed) Intrepid Tiger II electronic jammer Mk106 (6.6 lb (3 kg)) and Mk76 (31 lb (14 kg)) practice bombs
Hardpoints : 6× under-wing pylon and 1x under-fuselage stations holding up to 9,200 lb (4,200 kg) of payload:
First Flight: 25 May 1968; Operational Capability: July 1971.
Length: 46 ft. 4 in. (14.12 m)
Height: 11 ft. 8 in. (3.55 m)
Wingspan: 30 ft
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
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| 28 Sept 2026 | 14.12 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 14.12 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 14.12 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 14.12 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 14.12 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ItalyReported count for AV-8B Harrier II · AV-8B+ / AV-8B Harrier II · TAV-8B. Service scope: Italian Naval Aviation; does not replace a national total. 2 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 11 / in service: 1. Origin: UK USA. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for AV-8B Harrier II · AV-8B+ / AV-8B Harrier II · TAV-8B. Service scope: Italian Naval Aviation; does not replace a national total. 2 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 11 / in service: 1. Origin: UK USA. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for AV-8B Harrier II · AV-8B+ / AV-8B Harrier II · TAV-8B. Service scope: Italian Naval Aviation; does not replace a national total. 2 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 11 / in service: 1. Origin: UK USA. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for AV-8B Harrier II · AV-8B+ / AV-8B Harrier II · TAV-8B. Service scope: Italian Naval Aviation; does not replace a national total. 2 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 11 / in service: 1. Origin: UK USA. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
SpainDirectory active-fleet estimate for the source types EAV-8B+; TAV-8B, grouped under McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II. Sums only the listed service and role rows; includes training and special-mission versions where explicitly listed. Excludes the separate Ordered column, aircraft in storage, aircraft undergoing or awaiting upgrades, and the directory's other exclusions. This is the dated directory coverage of these types, not a complete owned-fleet census or a readiness count.
United StatesMarine Corps Aviation exact named equipment holdings: AV-8B Harrier II; TAV-8B Harrier. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / FGA. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
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