The first AV-8B Harrier was received at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. by Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 (VMAT-203), on January 12, 1984. The AV-8B offered twice the payload and radius of the AV-8A.
Categories: 100 Years of Naval Aviation
 
 
Thank you to the Mario Family Foundation for enabling the digitization of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Photo Archive. The physical photos in the Photo Archive are stored in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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