The Marine Corps recently cleared two milestones to declare its F-35B Joint Strike Fighter variant operational by the end of July, according to a service spokesman. On July 13, the service kicked off its operational readiness inspection at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, AZ that will take about one week to complete. The team of F-35 experts will determine if the squadron and 10 aircraft are ready for contingency deployment, Marine Corps spokesman Maj. Paul Greenberg wrote in a July...
