[jettester]

The civilian side used to be (maybe still is) owned by McDonnel Douglas where we used to do all of our flight testing. I still ahve some awesome pictures of some of the foreign military jets that would arrive there for war game training.

The was also a time where one of the Harriers malfunctioned and the pilot ejected. The plane was in configuration to lift/hover and rather than crash, it kind of skitted over the ground towards our test facility. It ended up crashing into a fence where it eitehr ran out of fuel, totally broke down or the engines just up and quit.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Probably Marine? Does it fly for any of the other services?"

The USMC has the overwhelming majority of Harriers, although, if I'm not mistaken NASA maintains(-ed?) a limited # for testbed purposes.

jettester, do you have any more info on Harriers procured by agencies other than the USMC?