RARE AV-8B Harrier II Action: VMA-223 Training at NAF El Centro!

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  • @bugattieb110ss
    @bugattieb110ss 17 днів тому +4

    Ex-RN Sea Harrier engineer here - just love that iconic Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine whine. Such a unique noise.

    • @jozuavanlangenhove6586
      @jozuavanlangenhove6586 13 днів тому

      Sadly missed here in Europe. Only Spain and Italy operates these now. But the best harrier display came from the RAF & Royal navy.

  • @Paratus7
    @Paratus7 Місяць тому +7

    A 60 year old British fighter. Sold off before its time. A legend.

  • @johnreyes1749
    @johnreyes1749 2 місяці тому +12

    Growing up down the road from Tustin Marine Helicopter Base off of Warner Ave, and as kids we use ride our bikes, Schwinn’s, Huffy’s and Derby’s to El Toro Air Base just to watch all the jets landing and taking off. The 60’s and 70’s were a great time to grow up in Orange County😎

  • @FlightSimHistorian
    @FlightSimHistorian 2 місяці тому +26

    Man, the TAV-8B looks so funky! Great video!

  • @vnthony_ka1535
    @vnthony_ka1535 2 місяці тому +72

    I've never in my life seen a 2 seater harrier. That's cool lol

    • @colintraveller
      @colintraveller 2 місяці тому +5

      You gotta be joking !!

    • @vnthony_ka1535
      @vnthony_ka1535 2 місяці тому +9

      @@colintraveller dead serious. This is a literal first for me. The concept of a 2 seater harrier never even crossed my mind. And it's crazy cause I'm big into military aviation, and have been to multiple airshows

    • @mickvictor
      @mickvictor 2 місяці тому

      The word "training" should've given you a hint as to why there are two Harriers.

    • @mikes7446
      @mikes7446 2 місяці тому

      What year were you born

    • @vnthony_ka1535
      @vnthony_ka1535 2 місяці тому +2

      @@mikes7446 1994 lol

  • @Mikishots
    @Mikishots 2 місяці тому +6

    Wow, initial roll was impressive. These have some balls.

    • @oisiaa
      @oisiaa 2 місяці тому

      1:1 thrust to weight ratio will do that.

  • @jeremiahjohnson7741
    @jeremiahjohnson7741 2 місяці тому +2

    Love that 2 seat configuration - I'll bet those guys love flying that jet!

  • @darrenrichings2574
    @darrenrichings2574 2 місяці тому +5

    I launched Harriers off the flight deck for years but never came across one like these, very cool

  • @kenh3015
    @kenh3015 Місяць тому +2

    reminds me of my days as MMCO at VMA-513 on the flight line at MCAS Yuma. Love that Pegasus whine.

  • @12345fowler
    @12345fowler 2 місяці тому +7

    Superb photography with gorgious details and background

  • @C-Mack1972
    @C-Mack1972 2 місяці тому +24

    Love the Harrier… always thought the dual seat versions looked like they suffered from Hydrocephalus.

  • @masterchief305
    @masterchief305 Місяць тому +1

    Those were my old stomping grounds from 2004-2007. Great videos. I would always see vehicles set up to catch the action on the other side of the fence line.

  • @Sajuuk
    @Sajuuk Місяць тому

    BEST looking Harrier I've ever seen. That 2 seat configuration is awesome.

    • @produto_pirateado
      @produto_pirateado Місяць тому

      You must be joking lol this version is ugly as fuck

  • @Epicaviation47
    @Epicaviation47 2 місяці тому +2

    Yes i wait almost 3 years for this video so a epic video

  • @josecollazoalvarez4506
    @josecollazoalvarez4506 2 місяці тому +3

    Que cosa tan brutal debe de ser verlos todavía en acción

  • @jettechdonatkins
    @jettechdonatkins 2 місяці тому +12

    Great video of VMA-223 Bulldogs.I remember when the were flying the A-4M Skyhawks.The twin seat Harriers are sure different,first time I saw them.

  • @jeromewagschal9485
    @jeromewagschal9485 2 місяці тому +2

    Quite impressive... It's always been my dream to fly one of these...

  • @mgraemem
    @mgraemem Місяць тому

    Good to see these still in use.

  • @stuch17
    @stuch17 2 місяці тому +3

    A Really Great Video!! Thanks!!! from Italy:)

  • @johnwhitehead2324
    @johnwhitehead2324 Місяць тому +1

    My welding on the Pegasus ducting.
    Awesome piece of kit.
    Pk33. Futuristic material.

  • @bernardanderson3758
    @bernardanderson3758 2 місяці тому +33

    First time I’ve seen a two seater AV-8B

    • @skywarp1
      @skywarp1 2 місяці тому +1

      They rarely fly them

    • @Sabre613
      @Sabre613 Місяць тому

      It’s the trainer harrier TAV-8B

    • @arveyalgarra9645
      @arveyalgarra9645 Місяць тому

      Avión tan feo Sola porrajjjj

  • @scott.c9587
    @scott.c9587 Місяць тому

    I love the look of the trainer version of the harrier

  • @andangtri1542
    @andangtri1542 2 місяці тому +2

    Thank you for video. Watching from Indonesia in South East Asia.

  • @mariewalker3671
    @mariewalker3671 2 місяці тому +4

    I worked on TAV8A in the 80s at Cherry Point VMAT203

  • @snevs
    @snevs 2 місяці тому +2

    Excellent British aviation, Harriers and Hawks ,nice, glad to see you boys putting them to good use, enjoy!.

    • @AA-xo9uw
      @AA-xo9uw 2 місяці тому +1

      McDonnell Douglas TAV-8Bs & AV-8Bs built in St. Louis. T-45 production was split between Long Beach, St. Louis, Samlesbury and Brough.

  • @USMCCorsair
    @USMCCorsair Місяць тому

    Well, I was stationed at MCAS Yuma for 2 1/2 years and we had three squatters of Harriers there and I don't remember ever seeing a two seater either. Kind of funky looking kind of cool at the same time.

  • @anthonylynn1969
    @anthonylynn1969 2 дні тому

    What a fantastic machine, to think when that was designed and built amazing... Showed it's worth in the Falklands conflict 😍👍🏻

  • @danielcarlson800
    @danielcarlson800 2 місяці тому +1

    Nice to see those T-45s back in service. They were grounded for a while. Alot of bitchin' activity!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!

  • @keesgewoon
    @keesgewoon 2 місяці тому

    What a day at El Centro!!

  • @TrumpNation96
    @TrumpNation96 2 місяці тому +16

    The F-35 will NEVER be able to look as good as the AV-8B in VSTOL !!

    • @kenmtb
      @kenmtb 2 місяці тому +1

      Looks won't keep you alive in air combat.

    • @RCAvhstape
      @RCAvhstape 2 місяці тому +3

      @@kenmtb If you're in combat while hovering in either aircraft, you're doing it wrong.

  • @bernardanderson3758
    @bernardanderson3758 2 місяці тому +1

    Looking forward to seeing more Jet training

  • @Ryann-85
    @Ryann-85 Місяць тому

    Harriers were terrifying in MW2!! Even more scary looking in RL😂🫣

  • @DigitalExtreme313
    @DigitalExtreme313 28 днів тому

    I noticed the signature move from the backseater during landing 😂

  • @wrongmower
    @wrongmower 2 місяці тому +1

    Loved my time there in 83 Go Navy 🇺🇸👍 VT-21

  • @kevindelaney1951
    @kevindelaney1951 2 місяці тому +2

    A magical bird to my way of thinking when it first came out. Great video. Thanks.

  • @Drprocurement
    @Drprocurement Місяць тому

    The dhortest take off ever, such balance. Absolute love.

  • @fish9893
    @fish9893 20 днів тому

    Gotta hand it too those brits.. This was tech they was playing with in the 1960s, started with the kestrel that then evolved into the harrier ... paved the way for the f35 B, minus our unmatched stealth tech of course 😊

  • @gzs8647
    @gzs8647 Місяць тому

    진정한 수직 이착륙기 너무 멋지고 대단합니다. 제발 단종시키지말고 계속 업그레이드해서 나왔으면 합니다.

  • @sarbaazchabahar
    @sarbaazchabahar 25 днів тому +1

    Thats the funniest looking harrier I have ever seen😂

  • @kensingtonchapp4819
    @kensingtonchapp4819 Місяць тому

    I can't be the only one who only saw a mother duck watching her ducklings fly for the first time. I'm going back to bed now.

  • @delten-eleven1910
    @delten-eleven1910 2 місяці тому +4

    Harrier IIs, Goshawks and Super Hornets, the jets McDonnell Douglas built, :Happy to see Harriers still in operation.

    • @splinter5352
      @splinter5352 2 місяці тому

      Sorry for the lack of knowledge there, but the Goshawks are British built versions of our own hawk trainers but with modifications for USA use. The harrier too is a development of the Harrier mks 1to9 British designed and built but used by your own marine corps as Harrier ones.
      The Hornets are of course McDonnell built and very nice too.

    • @delten-eleven1910
      @delten-eleven1910 2 місяці тому +1

      @splinter5352 Yes, the Harrier and Hawk are British designed and built. The Goshawk was a US adaptation built for the Navy and the Harrier II was a collaboration between US and UK, I like the beefed up Hawk into the Goshawk and the Harrier is legendary, it was retired from RAF too soon, I'm glad the US Marines still use them.

    • @RCAvhstape
      @RCAvhstape 2 місяці тому

      @@delten-eleven1910 AV-8B was built by McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis, Missouri. The AV-8B, officially the "Harrier II", is an American redesign and upgrade to the original Hawker Harrier, and the two aircraft are very different. Look up photos of AV-8A vs. AV-8B. British Aerospace was a subcontractor on the Harrier II, only building certain subassemblies. The T-45 was a joint project between MDD and BAe.

    • @delten-eleven1910
      @delten-eleven1910 2 місяці тому

      @@splinter5352 Actually the majority of the USN Goshawk was built McDonnell Douglas and components were made by BAe in the UK with final assembly out of MD's St. Louis facility.

  • @zargonfuture4046
    @zargonfuture4046 Місяць тому +1

    Who would have thought these aircraft are still better than the F35b

  • @kennchristian665
    @kennchristian665 Місяць тому

    Awesome 👌 How many Hard Points are on this Harrier ? Just Wondering what it can Carry Munitions ,Ordinance In Battle ,? Is it used for Air Support ,and Ground Support ?

  • @mariogordon2450
    @mariogordon2450 Місяць тому

    I was stationed at MCAS Cherry Point. VMA -223 is just getting these two seat Harriers. They used to be part of VMAT-203 the Harrier training squadron. They just deactivated them and the last harrier pilots are going through training but could be graduated from the last time I checked. So these two seaters are going away soon. Sorry folks.

  • @dsr5566
    @dsr5566 21 день тому

    Legend

  • @bernardanderson3758
    @bernardanderson3758 2 місяці тому +1

    Naval aviation!! T-45 Goshawks

  • @rikbanter694
    @rikbanter694 Місяць тому

    What an incredible take off.... It's sad to know they will be retired very soon

  • @allanvinluan3017
    @allanvinluan3017 Місяць тому

    Wooooooow,sho😅 distance to take off.😮

  • @Paul-pp6ep
    @Paul-pp6ep Місяць тому

    Original VSTOL Awesome jet 😊

  • @martinaguirre7900
    @martinaguirre7900 22 дні тому

    Hermoso avión..

  • @redtale6527
    @redtale6527 Місяць тому

    The core engine of the Bristol Pegasus was the Bristol Orpheus which powered the Gnat. Never seen a Harrier but I did see a Kestral at the RR Filton works while going past on the bus. The fin had been patched up so it must have had an accident.

  • @jonash6070
    @jonash6070 Місяць тому

    Awwwww look at those cute little bomblets...😎

  • @Paiadakine
    @Paiadakine 2 місяці тому +2

    I did not know the marines still used harriers. never see them around /miramar anymore

  • @ThisPartIsAndrew
    @ThisPartIsAndrew 2 місяці тому

    This Kestrel with a big head plume has me talking in a David Attenborough voice

  • @allgood6760
    @allgood6760 2 місяці тому

    Awesome.. and the British had a 2 seat Harrier.

  • @pctshooter
    @pctshooter 2 місяці тому +1

    When did they change from NAS?

  • @mickyday2008
    @mickyday2008 2 місяці тому

    Awesome

  • @FabianRivera..
    @FabianRivera.. 2 місяці тому +2

    I saw this on radar!

  • @JohnCollier-w2s
    @JohnCollier-w2s Місяць тому

    300 - 400 still flying for the core , army

  • @pdr6900
    @pdr6900 2 місяці тому +2

    When was this filmed?

    • @nor0845
      @nor0845 2 місяці тому +4

      Hi. It was filmed in February 2022.

  • @BergDasilva-h4i
    @BergDasilva-h4i 6 днів тому

    Aerodinâmica Cruzeiro volta ao mundo com gasolina azul azul

  • @renatofernandes9301
    @renatofernandes9301 Місяць тому

    Isso que é uma verdadeira máquina de guerra

  • @freddyf.7372
    @freddyf.7372 2 місяці тому

    Great quality for a " weird" plane 😂 What camera are you using ?

  • @Nick-f9z2c
    @Nick-f9z2c 22 дні тому

    Are these aircraft carrying BLU109's...? Bunker Busters?

  • @GopalSutradhar-l6q
    @GopalSutradhar-l6q Місяць тому

    Love you too my Indian National army.

  • @trong-tinnguyen1962
    @trong-tinnguyen1962 Місяць тому

    Vertical takeoff, Sport model of 2 seaters?

  • @Vendeta552
    @Vendeta552 10 днів тому

    Hey, this fighter jet where it's engine?🤔

  • @BergDasilva-h4i
    @BergDasilva-h4i 6 днів тому

    Em 10 dias em torno da esfera terrestre

  • @chrismair8161
    @chrismair8161 Місяць тому

    All the Marines that flew this Aircraft> Were Crafted.

  • @SuCamZu
    @SuCamZu Місяць тому

    Now it's time for the 2 seater a10🤣

  • @alexandrugarvaneanu2510
    @alexandrugarvaneanu2510 Місяць тому

    Oau ce decolare super

  • @АлександрРосляков-щ9т

    В варианте учебно - боевого самолета Хариер еще красивее! Великолепный самолет! Восхитительная техника.

  • @colintraveller
    @colintraveller 2 місяці тому

    Top Drawer

  • @linshengchi92
    @linshengchi92 Місяць тому

    wow

  • @차호박
    @차호박 2 місяці тому +1

    🎉😂wow❤😊nice✌️🤞🤘🏾🤙👈👍👍🙏👏👏🙏👀😊

  • @alexandrugarvaneanu2510
    @alexandrugarvaneanu2510 Місяць тому

    Succes la călcat norii la plafon superior da

  • @bernardanderson3758
    @bernardanderson3758 2 місяці тому +2

    Marine Corps Aviation

  • @rethinking-g9c
    @rethinking-g9c 22 дні тому

    How is energy made today ? Why am I out of energy today ? What is today the world's main energy source ? What are the different types of energy today ?

  • @Canberra92
    @Canberra92 Місяць тому

    Take off in six seconds from a standstill?

  • @trong-tinnguyen1962
    @trong-tinnguyen1962 2 місяці тому +1

    Maintenance costs$? Otherwise vertical takeoff et landing as 2 seaters flying Automobile$.

  • @Leslie-t3e
    @Leslie-t3e Місяць тому

    Its a training version

  • @apachetamizha
    @apachetamizha Місяць тому

    ❤🎉😊

  • @pedromorales-jh3tc
    @pedromorales-jh3tc 2 місяці тому

    minute 8:51 front flat tire?

  • @Drprocurement
    @Drprocurement Місяць тому

    If the Harrier is a girl I would marry her.
    Such class and sofisrication. It is just art. So beautiful, who cares about the F35.
    The Harrier us a bit geavy though, but yiu can nit harry uo nature. It just dies what its best at.

  • @RCAvhstape
    @RCAvhstape 2 місяці тому

    Ah yes, the old T-bird Harrier, a once common sight around Havelock, North Carolina. Now an endangered species.

  • @Robert-t1p
    @Robert-t1p 27 днів тому

    How come they don't make twin seat f35s.

  • @فوازالدوسري-ع2ك
    @فوازالدوسري-ع2ك Місяць тому

    لا اله الا الله
    لا اله الا انت

  • @GregKlein-c4h
    @GregKlein-c4h Місяць тому

    VMA-223 Chu Lai 68-69 2:51

  • @comradewyvern1150
    @comradewyvern1150 2 місяці тому

    hehe big head harrier

  • @bobcannell7603
    @bobcannell7603 22 дні тому

    The US has too much money keeping such an obsolete air raft flying. The Harrier was hot in the 80s. Now its just a pilot killer.

  • @AlexCastillo-qy8gl
    @AlexCastillo-qy8gl 2 місяці тому

    Valle imperial impe x3

  • @СергейКосов-з2е
    @СергейКосов-з2е Місяць тому

    Вот это настоящий властелин неба - взлетает и садится как орёл!

  • @Ricky40369
    @Ricky40369 2 місяці тому

    I worked with guys from MacAir. Calledl them junk jets.

  • @TGM12.250
    @TGM12.250 13 днів тому

    HARRIER = SU 25

  • @indraferoza6457
    @indraferoza6457 2 місяці тому

    Pesawat jet gta 😂

  • @güeroCarlosM24777
    @güeroCarlosM24777 2 місяці тому

    Harrier 2 looks cooler!

  • @williamhudson4938
    @williamhudson4938 Місяць тому

    Looks to me that all the tires are under-inflated. You need to have something in the background to give viewers a sense of movement when the jets are slowing down or hovering. Just because you can zoom in on the sticker on the pilots helmet doesn't mean you have to film it that way.

  • @adershkumar1790
    @adershkumar1790 Місяць тому

    Zindagi

  • @davidsmith2356
    @davidsmith2356 3 дні тому

    Sold of way too early.........We have idiots in charge.

  • @djjcxsxjr
    @djjcxsxjr 9 днів тому

    머리 큰 게 꼭 우럭같음