Air Force officials today publicly described their expectations of what capabilities the service's F-35A aircraft must include at the time of initial operational capability, which is planned for late 2016. In a report submitted to Congress and obtained by InsideDefense.com , the service said its objective is to reach Joint Strike Fighter IOC by August 2016, with a backup "threshold" IOC date of December 2016. That means the Air Force has committed to declaring IOC with Block 2B software, which...
