[MilCom] AV-8B Harrier Crashed Off Wrightsville Beach NC

[Rick Tharrington]

They were on 250.200 this morning. Was not near a radio when this happen.
MATS 203 from Cherry Pt keeps 4 AV-8Bs at KILM airport for training, They
fly in out there all the time I see and listen to the guys day in day out.

Rick Watha Just North Of Wilmington NC

 

They have been playing all day around Wilmington NC and over at the beach
which is about 5 miles away. He less than 4 air miles from KILM.

 

BREAKING: Wrightsville Beach beachgoers witness Marine Corps Harrier jet
crash, recovery.

An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 takes off from
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 21, 2016. VMAT-203's
mission is to train Marine Corps aviators to pilot Harriers in the fleet.
The Harrier was the first Virtical/Short Takeoff and Landing-capable jet in
the Marine inventory, giving Marine Air-Ground Task Force commanders new
flexibility on the battlefield

 

 

http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20160506/ARTICLES/160509732

 

 

http://luminanews.com/2016/05/breaking-wrightsville-beach-beachgoers-witness
-marine-corps-harrier-jet-crash-recovery/