USMC Expect First F-35B In Service Early 2015
By Amy Butler abutler@aviationweek.com, Robert Wall wall@aviationweek.com .
PARIS, .
The U.S. Marine Corps expects to get its version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter into service in late 2014 or early 2015, a two-to-three-year slip, says Lt. Gen. Terry Robling, the commandant for aviation.
He is confident the short-takeoff vertical-landing (Stovl) F-35B will be ready for use by then if the fixes in place for technical issues proceed as planned, he tells Aviation ...