In the US, it was decided to extend the life of the aircraft AV-8B Harrier II

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The command of the US Marine Corps has decided to repair and upgrade the existing fleet of AV-8B Harrier II fighter-bomber (attack aircraft) to extend the life of the aircraft. As transmits "Warspot" With reference to the fighterjetsworld.com portal, this decision was made due to delays in the development program for the fifth-generation FPSM F-35B Lightning II fighter.

In the US, it was decided to extend the life of the aircraft AV-8B Harrier II




The US Marine Corps decided to extend the flight life of the AV-8B Harrier II aircraft, which were in service with the ILC, to 2028. To this end, the marines have signed contracts with Boeing for the modernization and repair of the entire fleet of obsolete AV-8B Harrier II, which is currently in the order of 80 units. This decision was made due to delays in the development program of the fifth-generation F-35В fighter specially designed for the KMP. Also for the same reason, F / A-2031 Super Hornet Marine Corps aircraft will remain on alert until 18.

Created by joint efforts of the British firms Hawker Siddley (later incorporated into the British Aerospace Aerospace Consortium), Rolls-Royce and the American firm McDonnell-Douglas, the AV-8A "Harrier" aircraft became the first successful project among vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. In the future, on the basis of "Harrier" in the UK and the United States built such aircraft as the Sea Harrier, Harrier II and AV-8B Harrier II. A modification of the AV-8B Harrier II was adopted by the United States Marine Corps in January 1984.

F-35B Lightning II - modification of the newest fighter-bomber F-35, designed specifically for the US Marine Corps. A key feature of the F-35B is the short take-off and vertical landing capability, which allows these planes to be used on helicopter carriers and universal landing craft equipped with a flight deck.
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  1. +1
    April 9 2019 08: 48
    Perhaps it is Trump's fault that he dropped his military aircraft industry. what Give him all the fence on the border with Mexico wassat , but there was no money to speed up work on a new plane. request
    1. 0
      April 9 2019 09: 20
      Quote: bessmertniy
      Perhaps it is Trump's fault that he dropped his military aircraft industry. what Give him all the fence on the border with Mexico wassat , but there was no money to speed up work on a new plane. request

      And there are statistics on aircraft manufacturing?
    2. -1
      April 9 2019 09: 27
      Quote: bessmertniy
      but there was no money to speed up work on the new plane.

      This is probably for all fans to look at the armed forces through an economic prism. Well, it is necessary to support the money for the modernization / repair of the AV-8B and the F-35B program fool Normal such a divorce is obtained.
    3. -2
      April 9 2019 11: 36
      And who is to blame for Russia that they dropped everything that is possible? Harrier is an excellent aircraft and managed to successfully fight, and is also reliable that you can’t say about the Soviet VTOL Yak.
      1. 0
        April 10 2019 00: 52
        Quote: nosferatu
        that you can’t say about the Soviet VTOL YAK.

        The Soviet Yak was quite reliable and the Harrier was far ahead in terms of accident rate (in the bad sense of the word). At our forum there is a former aircraft engineer from the Saki regiment, and the test pilots were ... Harrier was certainly better in performance, but just before the very death of the Union, the Yak-38 with a new, more powerful engine went to the troops, and here he is Harrier was already in no way inferior. And by the way, the Yak-38 also managed to fight and quite successfully - in Afghanistan, and with fuel efficiency everything was very good there.
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  2. -4
    April 9 2019 08: 50
    A good aircraft, there are no and there were no competitors, it proved worthy during the Anglo-Argentine conflict over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) in the South Atlantic. And since the F-35 for marines will solve similar problems, there simply are no other options as a school desk. If the resource allows.
    1. +2
      April 9 2019 08: 55
      Mattresses know that for certain tasks there is no better aircraft, the Yak141 was created in the USSR, but alas, the time was turbulent, and then it was not up to aviation at all, it's a pity.
    2. +1
      April 9 2019 08: 56
      Yak-141 - a worthy competitor, the USSR collapsed, they did not bring to mind. Yakovlevites had to sign a contract with Lockheed, which we have as a result - a freak of the 35th level. The guys obviously tried - they took revenge.
      1. -2
        April 9 2019 09: 09
        The Yak-141 was not any competitor, and could not be. "Google" if you are actually interested in this topic. And about the technologies "stolen" or bought by Lockheed, it is best to tell grandchildren while they still cannot get out of the cradle.
      2. +4
        April 9 2019 09: 22
        Quote: Fedorov
        Yak-141 - a worthy competitor, the USSR collapsed, they did not bring to mind. Yakovlevites had to sign a contract with Lockheed, which we have as a result - a freak of the 35th level. The guys obviously tried - they took revenge.

        I would like to consider him a freak, sorry that is not so
    3. +2
      April 9 2019 09: 09
      Quote: varadero

      Good plane Harrier

      And I have a Harrier car, I will also extend the life of the machine! good
      1. -1
        April 9 2019 09: 20
        Why not? There is only a steering wheel on the other side.
        1. +2
          April 9 2019 09: 38
          Quote: varadero
          steering wheel on the other hand.

          For 25 years I got used to ....
    4. 0
      April 9 2019 09: 23
      Quote: varadero
      Good plane, there are no competitors

      -----
      The competitor just WAS! And moreover, it is superior in literally all parameters and capabilities .... But they did not have time to launch the Yak-141 series ..... "perestroika" began am
      1. -3
        April 9 2019 09: 30
        Yak-141 "surpassed" "Harrier" only in the number of engines, everything else is more than controversial, since tests, according to the full program, the Yak-141 never completed. Burned out, for some reason ...
        1. +7
          April 9 2019 10: 19
          Quote: varadero
          tests, the full program, the Yak-141 did not complete. Burned out, for some reason ...

          =====
          In fact, 4 of them were built (one lost as a result of the accident).
          Quote: varadero
          Yak-141 "surpassed" "Harrier" only in the number of engines, everything else is more than controversial

          =======
          Yah???
          1. Radar. "AV-8 Harrier radar - HAVE NO (only British Sea Harrier FA.2 equipped with radars); Yak-141 - Had!
          Maximum speed at the ground:
          AV-8 Harrier - 1100 km / h
          Yak-141 - 1250 km / h
          Maximum speed at high altitude:
          AV-8 Harrier - 1191 km / h
          Yak-141 - 1800 km / h
          Barrage Time:
          AV-8 Harrier - 72 min (when taking off with take-off run) 24 min (when vertical)
          Yak-141 - 90 minutes.
          Overload restrictions:
          AV-8 Harrier-7
          Yak-141 - 7
          This is where the Harrier really excelled the Yak - it was in the payload: 4 tons versus 3. Due to this, the ferry range was higher (it could take more fuel in the outboard tanks).
          Here's something like this:
          Yak-141, whatever one may say, is a supersonic multi-role fighter (with radar), and the AV-8 Harrier is a subsonic attack aircraft (without it) ... hi
          1. +1
            April 9 2019 10: 29
            Quote: venik
            Yak-141, whatever one may say, is a supersonic multi-role fighter (with radar), and the AV-8 Harrier is a subsonic attack aircraft (without it) ...

            both have extremely low combat effectiveness ... better than nothing, of course.
            1. 0
              April 9 2019 13: 15
              Quote: NEOZ
              both have extremely low combat effectiveness ... better than nothing, of course.

              =======
              good Of course! drinks
          2. 0
            April 9 2019 11: 38
            And that the Yak-141 was mass-produced? If not so right to compare the harrier with the Yak-38! Which by the way pilots called a flying coffin!
          3. -1
            April 9 2019 13: 24
            come on you.
            Yak-141 is a prototype, not a mass-produced aircraft. and it is still unknown how everything would have shown itself during operation;
            and Harrier flies for half a century
        2. +6
          April 9 2019 13: 00
          Quote: varadero
          Yak-141 "surpassed" "Harrier" only in the number of engines

          =====
          I already wrote a "comment" .... Forgot to add something ...:
          The great advantage of the Harrier was simply the wonderful Rolls-Royce Pegasus engines .... Their feature is that the lifting engines (which were installed on the Yak-38 and Yak-141) are simply NOT NECESSARY there !!! ! .... And that means to carry ("take-off engines" unnecessary in flight - there is NO need) !!!
          Result: With the aircraft weight "normal" for a vertical launch, its TRACTION EQUIPMENT is a priori ABOVE 1 !!!!
          The disadvantage of this scheme is that to use "rejected"thrust vector" of the second circuit - IMPOSSIBLE !!!! (nozzles of the 2nd circuit are rigidly "tied" and the 1st) !!! Gas flow regulation is carried out - "dampers" !!
          But in the Yak-141 scheme (where "take-off" engines are provided) - SIMPLY !!!
          Actually engines "141st" and became prototypes of modern engines with a "deflected thrust vector" !!!
          There is also "1 nuance"! This is MANEUVERABILITY! If during "vertical takeoff" the thrust-to-weight ratio of the Yak-141 is 0,98 (excluding the "take-off engines"), then it is slightly inferior to the American "Harrier" (there is more than 1!) .... About 7-8% ....
          But at the same time, in the "horizontal" maneuver, the load on the wing - the Yak-a is slightly less - by about 10% ...
          And if you also take into account the rotating nozzles (marching engines) ... That turns out in MANEUVERABILITY - AV-8 Harrier in front of the Yak-141 - DOESN'T HAVE!!!
          Add to this the radar from the MiG-29 (there is no "de facto" radar on the American AV-8!) ....
          And we get an aircraft, which, in its performance characteristics, at least DOESN'T YET MIG-23! And "somewhere, somehow" is approaching the MiG-29 (it is "approaching" !!!, not "comparable"!) ...
          Well, now of course "sane critics"-" throw, but "I can't" ... Well, God is with them!) ..... request
    5. +3
      April 9 2019 10: 26
      Quote: varadero
      A good plane, there are no competitors,

      1. what exactly is good?
      2. What tasks can this unit solve?
      Quote: varadero
      proved worthy during the Anglo-Argentine conflict

      controversial statement, given the Argentine Air Force of the 1982 period. and distances from continent to island.
    6. +3
      April 9 2019 14: 36
      Quote: varadero
      proved himself very worthy during the Anglo-Argentine conflict over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) in the South Atlantic.

      ===
      The main advantage of the "Harrier" was just not so much its "outstanding" flight qualities (although the plane is wonderful, at least for its time!) ... Its main advantage during the "Falklands crisis" was something else:
      1) - much higher training of British pilots (compared with Argentinean)!
      2) - On British "Harriers" it was installed (not on all, but on many) - OELS ... Not a radar, of course, but "at least something" that allows you to detect the enemy BEFORE he detects "you" - visually!
      3) - British "Harriers" not long before that received the NEWEST modifications of the "Sidewinder" missile system, with "all-aspect" IR seeker! (The Argentine Air Force also had Sidewinders ... BUT! The old models, which allowed you to shoot only "at the dogon"!)
      4) British "Harriers" were guided to the target (in the absence of an onboard radar), with the help of shipborne radar systems (destroyers and frigates) ... The Argentines, working at a great distance from their bases, did not have such capabilities !!!)
      4) Argentina's fighter aircraft was in an extremely deplorable state (we COULD NOT provide the Skyhawks with fighter cover!
      -----
      I'm not going to humiliate "Harriers" (a machine for its time!) Was more than GREAT! .... But in some OTHER circumstances, their outstanding qualities might not have "been shown!" .....
  3. -1
    April 9 2019 08: 50
    a good bell about US carrier-based aviation ... there is no updating fast ... slogans with slogans ... and the AV-8B Harrier II is still in operation and is undergoing modernization ...
    1. +1
      April 9 2019 09: 45
      The AV-8B Harrier II had and does not have any relation to the US Navy carrier-based aviation. This aircraft is in the service of the Marine Corps and is based either on "land" airfields, or on landing ships (where the deck allows, of course).
      1. -1
        April 10 2019 07: 40
        based on ships ... and not decked ??? ... yes you are just a mega expert)))
        1. -2
          April 10 2019 09: 09
          No, not "deck", it can even be used from container ships, but for this reason we will not call the container ship an aircraft carrier?
  4. +1
    April 9 2019 09: 34
    unique aircraft how old are in service
  5. +1
    April 9 2019 09: 42
    Can and striped powers, and both have ....
    But can we do not know something? Which is more than likely.
  6. -3
    April 9 2019 10: 09
    Even with such a defense budget, the car is skidding. They would have our money and our embezzlers - Goodbye America, long live North American Butustan!
    1. -2
      April 9 2019 10: 14
      "All this would be funny
      Whenever it was so sad ... "

      M.Yu. Lermontov
  7. 0
    April 9 2019 11: 44
    the decision was made due to delays in the development program for the Fighter of the fifth generation F-35B Lightning II fighter.
    Something in world hegemony is rotten. And trillions of dollars in injections do not help. laughing
  8. 0
    April 9 2019 11: 51
    Not delays in development, but a delay in the pace of production.
    Version "B" first received the status of initial combat readiness.
    Marines already have 4 F-35B combat squadrons
  9. -1
    April 9 2019 12: 06
    The harriers stopped producing, as did the units for him. The question is how will the extension of the resource go? )))
    1. 0
      April 9 2019 13: 05
      Today they stopped, tomorrow they will start. There is no question ...
      1. -1
        April 9 2019 14: 03
        Yes, there are probably aliens working -the earthly laws are not a decree to them)
    2. -1
      April 9 2019 13: 34
      they will check the metal for fatigue deformation and so on.
      Well, nobody canceled cannibalism
      1. -1
        April 9 2019 14: 05
        Well, yes, I'm talking about this and troubleshooting and painting)
  10. -2
    April 9 2019 13: 18
    Again news from "ahead of the planet", how they carry the future. And again in the comments - "so what, where are the armats, aphids?"
    Really here chtoli bots graze? Well, otherwise, for what the hell even the purely news that the USA with the future AGAIN didn’t succeed in positioning itself in the RF The news, dear bots, about the fact that the United States does not know how to do anything in reality, has long been, since about the time these Harrier 2-be developed, that's all, the NT potential is over, now only sculpt the rollers and repair the old stuff ...
  11. -1
    April 9 2019 15: 55
    That is, until 2028 mattress marines f - 35 will not receive? But what about the cheerful "urya" about the hundreds of penguins adopted for service?
    1. +2
      April 10 2019 00: 36
      They have been with the marines on ships in combat squadrons for three years now. Here they are:
      1. 0
        April 10 2019 10: 08
        Then why are the Harriers left? Mattress toppers have nowhere to do with money? It's not feng shui to operate two types of machines with the same functions.
        1. 0
          April 10 2019 10: 13
          Because, according to the long-term plan, at the moment the marines should have had much more F-35s than they have.
          Industrial output is two years behind what was planned.
          And the Harriers are getting old. There are no other verticals. Or Harrier, or F-35.
          This summer, the F-35 should go "on the assembly line": 16-18 per month.
          Then the shortage in the Air Force and the Marines will be able to be reduced slightly.
          1. 0
            April 10 2019 12: 37
            Judging by how they fall. shortage will not be reduced soon
            1. +1
              April 10 2019 12: 48
              They fall (two out of 380 issued), but much, much less often than the F-16 (which F-35 are being replaced). Those fought in dozens of training flights. All is comparative. Look at the statistics of the Su-27, for example.
              1. 0
                April 10 2019 16: 18
                Released or combat-ready? Su - 27 was not advertised as a yarplane, which in one fell swoop solves all the problems of mankind
                1. +1
                  April 10 2019 16: 23
                  So no one advertises F-35 in this way.
                  This is a massive single-engine fighter-bomber, replacing the same F-16.
                  Of course, as always with the change of generation, opportunities are increasing. Otherwise, why change? F-35 - not a fighter to gain supremacy in the air, not an interceptor. But its shock capabilities are greatly expanded.
                  1. 0
                    April 10 2019 16: 31
                    Shock opportunities, in the complete absence of booking - vague doubts torment me. Any 5,45 bullet could be the last for an airplane for a bunch of bucks.
                    1. +1
                      April 10 2019 16: 55
                      Percussion - I mean not attack from a small height, but
                      "attack of ground targets". To do this, he does not need to descend: his radar scans the surface, building a 3-dimensional image, automatically highlighting, sorting and color-coded potential targets. You can shoot right away, without a second call. I gave you an example of expanded (compared to F-16) capabilities.
                      1. 0
                        April 10 2019 21: 22
                        It was smooth on paper, but forgot about the ravines.

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