Fire trucks spray water over an AV-8B Harrier as it taxis in after its final flight with Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 31 at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Sept. 23, 2025. Jim “Jimbo” Coppersmith, VX-31 technical director, piloted the last Harrier sortie for the squadron. (U.S. Navy photo by Michael L. Smith)