AV-8B Harrier II — 2 museum-grade prints, engineered to a wall. The AV-8B Harrier II bridged British V/STOL innovation and U. S. The McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II extended the British Hawker Siddeley Harrier into a second-generation ground-attack platform capable of vertical or short takeoff and landing from amphibious assault ships. VMAT-203 trained USMC and allied naval aviators at Cherry Point for decades; the squadron was redesignated as a Fleet Replacement Detachment in 2021 as the Corps wound down AV-8B operations in favour of the F-35B.