Panetta Lifts F-35B Probation

NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ushered the F-35B out of the penalty box, after the short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (Stovl) version of the stealthy fighter was sidelined for poor performance for more than a year by prior Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Standing in a...

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