2010年4月19日，阿拉斯加州艾尔森空军基地，红旗-阿拉斯加 10-2 联合空战演习期间，参加演习的美国海军陆战队VMA-211攻击机中队的AV-8B"鹞"II进行飞行前检查，演习旨在模拟实战条件下锻炼美国和联军飞行员。（U.S. Marine LCpl. Rachelle Carl performs preflight inspections on an AV-8B Harrier during RED FLAG-Alaska 10-2, April 19, 2010, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for United States and coalition forces under simulated combat conditions. Lance Corporal Carl is assigned to VMA-211, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, AZ.）

2010年4月19日，阿拉斯加州艾尔森空军基地，红旗-阿拉斯加 10-2 联合空战演习期间，参加演习的美国海军陆战队VMA-211攻击机中队的AV-8B"鹞"II准备起飞，该演习旨在模拟实战条件下锻炼美国和联军飞行员。（U.S. Marine Cpl. Kyle Loos marshals an AV-8B Harrier during RED FLAG-Alaska 10-2, April 19, 2010, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A provides unique opportunities to integrate various forces into joint, coalition, and bilateral training from simulated forward operating bases. Corporal Loos is assigned to VMA-211, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, AZ.）

2008年4月19日，西太平洋菲律宾海，埃塞克斯号两栖攻击舰（LHD-2），美国海军陆战队VMA-124海上攻击中队的AV-8B"鹞"II攻击机正在降落。（PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 1, 2011) An AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 214 lands aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is conducting operations in the western Pacific. ）

1999年4月19日，太平洋，"核心闪击'99"（Kernel Blitz '99）军演正在进行，美国海军陆战队参演的AV-8B垂直起落攻击机降落到埃塞克斯号两栖攻击舰（LHD-2）上。（ABOARD USS ESSEX LHD-2 (Apr. 19,1999) Flight deck personnel stand by to secure arriving AV-8B Harrier aircraft as particpants in Kernel Blitz '99. ）

1988年1月23日，大西洋，AV-8B“鹞”垂直起降战斗机在肯尼迪号航空母舰上进行降落测试。这架AV-8B隶属于美国海军陆战队VMA-542海上攻击中队，其原始设计来自于英国“猎兔犬”攻击机，经麦道公司改良后命名为AV-8B，是美军中少有的几种舶来品之一，通常被用作近距离空中支援和侦察。（An AV-8B Harrier aircraft of Marine Attack Squadron 542 (VMA-542) descends to land on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67), during the first carrier tests with the AV-8B.）

2010年12月15日，英国拉特兰郡奥克姆寇特斯摩尔空军基地，一架“鹞”GR9进行退役纪念飞行，宣告这款服役了41年的的垂直起降战机功成身退。“鹞”在马岛战争中一鸣惊人，在其后的各场军事冲突中都有它的身影，包括上世纪90年代的波斯尼亚和伊拉克，本世纪的第二次海湾战争和阿富汗战争。不过， 这批退役的飞机并非已届寿限的陈年旧货，而是2006年9月开始服役的GR9／9A型，属于最新改进的型号。该机型原计划服役15年，但大部分使用未超过 4年就被迫下岗。（A GR9 Harrier lands at RAF Cottesmore following a ceremony to mark the retirement of the famous aircraft after 41 years of service.A formation of 16 Harriers took off from RAF Cottesmore and took to the skies of Lincolnshire. Brought into service in 1969 and based at RAF Wittering, this British aircraft was designed to take off and land both vertically and on a short runway.Well known for its role in the Falklands War, the Harrier went on to serve in many other conflicts including in Bosnia and Iraq in the 1990s.The RAF and Royal Navy Harrier squadrons joined forces in 2000 to form Joint Force Harrier, based at RAF Cottesmore. These combined Harrier squadrons served in Sierra Leone, the second Gulf War and most recently Afghanistan.）