The Marine Corps’ variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter won’t reach initial operational capability until 2015, three years later than originally envisioned and one year later than a revised timeframe, the Marines' aviation chief said yesterday. “It’s gone from 2012 to probably 2014, and my guess now it’ll probably be somewhere in the 2015 timeframe,” Lt. Gen. Terry Robling said of the F-35B Lightning II at a breakfast sponsored by the Navy League. The F-35, which is built by…
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