First flight

First flight of the YAV-8B, the Harrier II prototype

Name: First flight of the YAV-8B, the Harrier II prototype
Start: 1978-11-09

November 9, 1978

The first of two AV-8A airframes converted into YAV-8B prototypes, the basis of the future AV-8B Harrier II, flew on 9 November 1978.