The Harrier Jump Jet became the world’s first successful vertical takeoff and landing combat aircraft. Built around the revolutionary Pegasus engine, it could hover, take off without runways, and ...

Developed in the 1980s, the Yakovlev Yak-141 was the Soviet Union’s answer to the Harrier, a supersonic vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter designed for carrier operations. Equipped with a ...