U.S. Marines Expect First F-35B In Service By Early 2015

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...

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