On April 16, 1971, Marine Attack squadron 513 (VMA-513) at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, took delivery of three AV-8A Harrier aircraft, thus becoming the first operational high performance vertical takeoff and landing (V/TOL) squadron in the United Stat
Categories: 100 Years of Naval Aviation
 
 
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