McDonnell Douglas TAV-8B Harrier.A McDonnell Douglas TAV-8B Harrier II is parked under an aircraft sunshade at MCAS Cherry Point.The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a ground target attack aircraft with 1 jet engine. This aircraft is of the second generation of the Harrier Jump Jet family, an aircraft developed years ago in Britain and capable of landing or taking off vertically or using a very short runway (V/STOL).
The TAV-8B is used for training and education purposes. This picture was taken on 30 April 2016.
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…