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Air Force Sees Further F-35A Deployment Delay As Navy Studies B/C Mix For Marines

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Thursday, January 13th, 2011

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By Marina Malenic The Air Force's variant of the developmental F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will not be ready for deployment even by the revised 2016 date cited by officials last year, the service's senior civilian said yesterday, while the Navy is studying what type of F-35 fleet mix the Marine Corps should fly in the wake of continuing developmental difficulties with its designated variant. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, asked whether the Pentagon's announcement last week of new revisions to…

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