Three specific factors will make it "really, really hard" for the Marine Corps to meet its July 2015 target date for declaring its Joint Strike Fighter aircraft operational, the F-35 joint program executive officer told reporters Oct. 30. Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan said the first hurdle his office must tackle is having 10 jets in a "warfighting configuration" by July 1, 2015. "The mods to get those 10 airplanes to a warfighting configuration are not easy and we have to...
