McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II

Type	V/STOL ground-attack aircraft
Country of origin	United Kingdom United States
Manufacturer	McDonnell Douglas / British Aerospace Boeing / BAE Systems
First flight	YAV-8B: 9 November 1978 AV-8B: 5 November 1981
Introduced	August 1985
Produced	1981–2003
Numbers built	323
Unit costs	US$24–30 million
Max speed	Mach 1.0 (585 knots, 673 mph, 1,083 km/h)
Max range	Range: 1,200 nmi (1,400 mi, 2,200 km) Combat radius: 300 nmi (350 mi, 556 km) Ferry range: 1,800 nmi (2,100 mi, 3,300 km)
Dimensions	Length: 46 ft 4 in (14.12 m) Wingspan: 30 ft 4 in (9.25 m) Height: 11 ft 8 in (3.55 m) Wing area: 243.4 ft² (22.61 m²)
Weight	Empty weight: 13,968 lb (6,340 kg) Loaded weight: 22,950 lb (10,410 kg) Max. takeoff weight: - Rolling: 31,000 lb (14,100 kg) - Vertical: 20,755 lb (9,415 kg)
Powerplant	1 x Rolls-Royce F402-RR-408 (Mk 107) vectored-thrust turbofan, 23,500 lbf (105 kN)
Armament	Guns: 1x General Dynamics GAU-12 Equalizer 25 mm (0.984 in) 5-barreled gatling cannon mounted under-fuselage in the left pod, with 300 rounds of ammunition in the right pod Hardpoints: 6x under-wing pylon stations holding up to 13,200 lb (5,988 kg) of payload: Rockets: 4x LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19× CRV7 70 mm rockets) Missiles: Air-to-air missiles: 4x AIM-9 Sidewinder or similar-sized infrared-guided missiles 6x AIM-120 AMRAAM (on radar equipped AV-8B Plus variants) Air-to-surface missiles: 6x AGM-65 Maverick; or 2x AGM-84 Harpoon; or 2X AGM-88 HARM Bombs: CBU-100 cluster bombs (CBUs) Mark 80 series of unguided bombs (including 3 kg and 14 kg practice bombs) Paveway series of laser-guided bombs (LGBs) Mark 77 napalm canisters Others: up to 4x 300/330/370 US Gallon drop tanks (pylon stations No. 2, 3, 4 & 5 are wet plumbed) Intrepid Tiger II electronic jammer.
Operators	Italy, Spain, United States