With the second production F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft delivered this month, the program is preparing to ramp up training of pilots and maintainers in earnest this fall, Marine Corps Col. Arthur Tomassetti, vice commander of the joint 33rd Fighter Wing, told reporters in a teleconference call today. Lockheed Martin announced July 20 it had delivered the second F-35 production jet -- both Air Force variants -- to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, and the jets "will be used...
