I love it loud! The sound of freedom. A McDonnell Douglas TAV-8B Harrier II in landing at MCAS Yuma in Arizona in the evening sun.
The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a ground attack aircraft with 1 jet engine. This aircraft is of the second generation of the Harrier Jump Jet family, an aircraft which was developed years ago in England and is capable of vertical landing or take-off using a very short runway.
The aircraft on the picture is a TAV-8B which is intended for training purposes.
Photo taken on November 15, 2017.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…