
The U.S. Marine Corps is on track to begin deploying its new Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Lightning II fighter overseas for the first time in early 2017 in the Western Pacific, the service’s commandant said Aug. 9.“We’re going start to see that airplane deploy overseas after the first of the year,” said Gen. Robert Neller, who spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C.Neller later told reporters that an F-35 squadron will go to Marine…