AV-8B Harrier II

The is a STOVL ground-attack aircraft that appears in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019). It is cut from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
The Harrier is used by the United States Marine Corps to support their amphibious landing operations. They usually carry out airstrikes against enemy fortifications and units in support of friendlies. As a VTOL aircraft, it is capable of hovering in place, much like a helicopter.
== Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare ==
A flight of USMC AV-8B Harrier IIs appear in the mission "Heat", callsign Falcon One. They provide close air support to the SAS team using cluster bombs. Additionally the player can see USMC Harriers bombing targets in the mission "Shock and Awe" ahead of the Marine assault, thereby reducing resistance to a ground assault by the Marines. Two of the jets fly right over the player's position in the mission "Charlie Don't Surf" when they are on the roof of the TV station. Several Harriers can be seen flying on the sky in the mission "War Pig". In Multiplayer, three AV-8B Harrier IIs are used in the Airstrike killstreak.
===All known Harriers===
*Falcon One (4 AV-8B Harriers)
AV-8B Harrier II Heat CoD4.jpg|A Harrier delivering an airstrike in "Heat".
AV-8B Harrier II Charlie Don't Surf COD4.png|Close-up of the Harrier in "Charlie Don't Surf".
AV-8B Harrier II side view Charlie Don't Surf COD4.png|Side view.
Falcon One Heat COD4.png|A close up of the Falcon One in "Heat".
AV-8B Harrier II War Pig COD4.png|Front view of Harrier in "War Pig".
AV-8B Harrier II Shock and Awe COD4.png|In "Shock and Awe".
== Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ==
The Harrier II also makes an appearance in the campaign, though they are seen far less often than in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, with the F-15 Eagle replacing them in the role of close-air support. In the level "Exodus", prior to reaching the HVI's house, a pair of Harriers can be seen using their VTOL capability to take off from a driving range near the C-130 crash site.
The Harrier is also available as a killstreak in Modern Warfare 2 called the Harrier Strike. The first 2 Harriers drop cluster bombs while the third hovers, using it's GAU-12 rotary cannon against enemy players and missiles against helicopters.
===Gallery===
AV-8B Harrier II close up Exodus MW2.png|Close-up of the AV-8B in "Exodus".
AV-8B Harrier IIs Exodus MW2.png|Another view of the AV-8B.
AV-8B Harrier II model Museum MW2.png|A model of Harrier in "Museum".
Harrier Strike hovering MW2.png|Harrier Strike in Multiplayer.
Harrier USAF MW2.png|Harrier used in multiplayer, liveried for the United States Marine Corps.
Harrier VVS MW2.png|Harrier used in multiplayer, liveried for the Russian Air Force.
==Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3==
The AV-8B was cut from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Textures can be found inside game files.
AV-8B_cut_texture_friendly_MW3.png
AV-8B_cut_texture_Russia_MW3.png
==Call of Duty: Online==
Harriers were featured in the 2013 beta of Call of Duty: Online. At present it has been removed from the game.
==Call of Duty: Modern Warfare==
Harriers returns in the game as a killstreak reward for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare as the VTOL Jet. It is the same as its Modern Warfare 2 counterpart except it consists of only a single Harrier II jet which strikes the target with a rocket barrage then circles back to hover above the target. While hovering, it will shoot any nearby visible enemies and can be ordered to guard another location of the player's choice.
Like all other equipment in Modern Warfare, the model is slightly altered from the real version. The game's Harrier's wings are parallel to the ground, instead of sloping downwards (though the horizontal stabilizers still have the correct slope), the intakes are a rectangular shape, rather than semi-circles, and, somehow, the nose gun can impossibly aim independently of the direction the plane is pointed, allowing it to aim downwards.
==Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II==
Harriers returns as a killstreak in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II as the VTOL Jet. It functions the same as the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare version.
It retains almost the same fictionalized model as the previous game, but rather than an impossible nose gun, it has an M230 Chain gun (from the Apache gunship) mounted underneath it, like the original Modern Warfare 2's take on it. This makes it even less accurate to the real plane, but makes firing downwards a plausible feat.
==Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III==
Harriers returns as a killstreak in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III once again as the VTOL Jet. It functions the like its predecessors. 
==Trivia==
*Harriers of the Spetsnaz, Militia, and OpFor have a jet black color, while Harriers called in by the SEALs, Rangers, and Task Force 141 have a light gray. The same applies to the Pave Low.
**Harriers of the Spetsnaz, Militia, and OpFor still have a U.S Air Force symbol on the side. They also have a Russian flag on the tail.
*A Harrier is seen in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 campaign level "S.S.D.D." on a runway alongside a Pave Low.
*If the player watches the pair of Harriers in "Exodus" fly away, it can be seen that the Harriers fire rockets at an unknown location.
Category:Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Jets
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