Further F-35 Stovl ''Rephasing'' Possible

By Amy Butler
Washington

The likelihood that ongoing delays of short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (Stovl) F-35 testing will force slippage in the 2012 in-service date for the U.S. Marine Corps is growing as Lockheed Martin continues to struggle with some parts reliability issues affecting the Harrier replacement.

By year-end, 251 Stovl flights are expected. At the end of August, 122 were executed of 153 that should have been ...

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