F-35B Must Leave By July 16 To Make Farnborough Appearance

By Lee Hudson / July 10, 2014 at 6:28 PM
The Marine Corps version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter must leave the United States no later than July 16 to make an appearance at the Farnborough International Airshow in England, according to a defense official. The last day the F-35B short-takeoff-vertical-landing variant can make it to the airshow is July 19. The jets must leave on July 16 because they need one day for transit and one day for maintenance, the official said. The Farnborough show concludes on July...

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