The Nightmares will end in July 2013 - VMA-513 - Decommissions
For those of you interested in USMC Harriers, you may or may not know that USMC unit VMA-513 "The Flying Nightmares" officially decommissions on Friday 12th July, 2013. They have already completed their last flights this week. The Nightmare were the first USMC unit to receive the Harrier in April 1971.
The Harriers and pilots are being dispersed to other USMC units. Equally good news, the USMC are looking at certain upgrades to the Harriers to keep them flying until 2030 according to some recent press stories.
Here's an oldish story now (Sept 12) about how/why the Italian Navy managed to retain their Harriers when we didn't.