@ Santa Rosa, CA
December 2019
In 1970 Congress authorized the purchase of 114 AV-8A Harriers for the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1983 she was modified from an A model to a C model incorporating some of the developments from the new AV-8B Harrier II program. The AV-8C and the remaining AV-8A Harriers were retired by 1987. This example was retired in 1985 to the AMARG boneyard in Arizona and in 2005 was brought to the Pacific Coast Air Museum for restoration. First flown in 1960, Harriers have served with the US Marine Corps, Royal Air Force/Royal Navy, and the navies of Spain and Italy. Fuji X-E2s w/18-135mm.
