CALIFORNIA, Md., May 29 (UPI) -- A video posted to YouTube shows how a retired U.S. Marine Corps pilot obtained his own Harrier fighter jet to fly as a civilian.

The video, "Badass Pilot Buys Own Fighter Jet," was posted to YouTube by the AARP channel and quickly went viral with more than 700,000 views in a week.


The video details how Art Nalls purchased a British Harrier Jump Jet.

"I can't believe I just bought a Harrier," Nalls says in the video. "There's not many wives that would support there husband 100 percent on a project like this."

Nalls said he now owns three Harriers.

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