The Marine Corps wants to reverse course on a Joint Strike Fighter funding cut it proposed over the summer, according to a senior Marine. The service would like to restore resources to the aircraft program in order to ensure the maiden flight of the short-takeoff variant takes place in fiscal year 2008, said Col. Robert Walsh, assistant deputy commandant for aviation. Concerns this spring about the technical maturity of the short-takeoff variant prompted the Marines -- in concert with the...
